Chantal Mouffe
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Chantal Mouffe is a Belgian political theorist known for her work on radical democracy, agonistic pluralism, and critiques of liberal consensus politics.
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| Chantal Mouffe canonical | 7 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chantal Mouffe Context triple: [Antonio Gramsci, influenced, Chantal Mouffe]
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Nancy Fraser
Nancy Fraser is an American critical theorist and feminist philosopher known for her influential work on social justice, redistribution and recognition, and critiques of contemporary capitalism and democracy.
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B.
Seyla Benhabib
Seyla Benhabib is a prominent contemporary political philosopher known for her work on deliberative democracy, cosmopolitanism, and feminist theory.
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C.
Roberto Esposito
Roberto Esposito is an Italian philosopher known for his influential work on biopolitics, political theology, and the concepts of community and immunity.
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Saskia Sassen
Saskia Sassen is a prominent sociologist best known for her work on globalization, migration, and the concept of the global city.
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E.
Marianne Weber
Marianne Weber was a German sociologist, women's rights activist, and biographer of her husband Max Weber, known for her influential work on marriage, gender, and law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chantal Mouffe Target entity description: Chantal Mouffe is a Belgian political theorist known for her work on radical democracy, agonistic pluralism, and critiques of liberal consensus politics.
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A.
Nancy Fraser
Nancy Fraser is an American critical theorist and feminist philosopher known for her influential work on social justice, redistribution and recognition, and critiques of contemporary capitalism and democracy.
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B.
Seyla Benhabib
Seyla Benhabib is a prominent contemporary political philosopher known for her work on deliberative democracy, cosmopolitanism, and feminist theory.
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C.
Roberto Esposito
Roberto Esposito is an Italian philosopher known for his influential work on biopolitics, political theology, and the concepts of community and immunity.
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D.
Saskia Sassen
Saskia Sassen is a prominent sociologist best known for her work on globalization, migration, and the concept of the global city.
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E.
Marianne Weber
Marianne Weber was a German sociologist, women's rights activist, and biographer of her husband Max Weber, known for her influential work on marriage, gender, and law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ political theorist ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Ernesto Laclau ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Belgium ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
UCLouvain Louvain-la-Neuve
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surface form:
University of Louvain
La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
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| employer |
Cornell University
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Harvard University ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ University of Essex ⓘ La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
University of Westminster ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
agonistic pluralism
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critical theory ⓘ democratic theory ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ post-Marxism ⓘ radical democracy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ernesto Laclau
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radical democratic theory ⓘ theory of left populism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Antonio Gramsci
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Carl Schmitt ⓘ Jacques Derrida ⓘ Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critique of liberal consensus politics
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theory of agonistic pluralism ⓘ work on radical democracy ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
democracy
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hegemony ⓘ pluralism ⓘ populism ⓘ |
| movement |
post-Marxism
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post-structuralism ⓘ |
| nationality | Belgian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Agonistics: Thinking the World Politically
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Dimensions of Radical Democracy ⓘ For a Left Populism ⓘ Hegemony and Socialist Strategy ⓘ On the Political ⓘ The Democratic Paradox ⓘ The Return of the Political ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster
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professor of political theory ⓘ |
| theoreticalConcept |
agonistic democracy
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radical democracy ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
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