Tres versiones contemporáneas de la comunidad: Hacia una teorí­a polí­tica post-fundacionalista

Abstract

Given the challenge of particularism, the current emergence of reactionary nationalisms in the world and the spread of communitarianism in political philosophy, it is necessary for political theory to assume a critical role concerning these political and theoretical processes. Assuming a postfoundationalist perspective, Jean-Luc Nancy, Roberto Espósito and Ernesto Laclau approach this task in their work. The aim of this paper is to clarify the view these authors put forward about the community. I will argue that, beyond differences in argumentative strategies and perspectives, these three authors propose an anti-essentialist theory about the community, an unproductive community [Nancy], structured upon nothingness [Espósito], whose reconstitution is only possible through political articulation [Laclau]