Σύγχρονες τάσεις στη θεωρία της ιδεολογίας: Κριτική της ιδεολογίας και αποδόμηση

Abstract

In this article we examine some of the contemporary post-marxist and poststructuralist approaches to the theory of ideology, and in particular those of Michel Foucault and Ernesto Laclau, each one focusing on different problems of the classical theories of ideology. We point out especially the problems concerning the definition and the foundation of the notion of ideology as misrecognition. Following this, we examine the possible relations between a critique of ideology and the strategies of deconstruction (Jacques Derrida) in order to conclude that, under specific conditions and terms, deconstruction can also play -to the extend that it can take into consideration the issues of antagonism, power and hegemony- the role of a critique of ideology.