There have been only two serious criticism written of Laclau & Mouffe--
one by Geras and the other by Wood. To attack Wood is to praise Laclau.
Either/Or. Also, any attack on Wood is a defense of market socialism.
She has written the only _marxist_ criticism of it. All other criticisms
of it are merely growls of disapproval, without grounds for attacking
it. Either capitalism is an historically unique social formation,
historically marked, or some version of market socialism is our only
possible escape from it.
There is really a lot of similarity between Jones & Proyect, Laclau and
Mouffe. What holds all four together is their rejection of historical
analysis in favor of moral condemnation and replacement of history by
just-so stories.
Carrol
