The problem of the masses in the Political Philosophy of Ernesto Laclau and León Rozitchner

Abstract

This work is intended to recover, compare and analyze the continuities and ruptures between the works of Ernesto Laclau and León Rozitchner. In particular, I will focus on the unique reinterpretation developed by both authors regarding Freudian psychoanalysis and the analysis of collective formation developed in one of the classics texts of the discipline: Psychology of the masses and analysis of the self (1921). I will try to highlight the differences present in the conceptual reappropriation developed by each author around Freud’s work, finally offering a critical balance that allows us to highlight the weaknesses and strengths of each approach, with the aim of extracting from this archive a series of fundamental conceptual inputs for a reflection on politics from philosophical perspective.