Hibridismo, resistência e mudança: um diálogo entre a teoria do discurso de Ernesto Laclau e o pós-colonialismo de Homi K. Bhabha

Abstract

Looking to explore new analytical possibilities in the field of International Relations, especially regarding post-colonialism, this article looks to observe Ernesto Laclau’s discourse theory and Homi K. Bhabha’s hybridity, to demonstrate how Laclau’s theory can work as to complement some open threads in Bhabha’s work. Looking at categories from both approaches, it can be concluded that many of the ideas presented by Laclau, such as articulation, antagonism and populism can serve to expand de understand and the analytical power of ideas presented by Bhabha, especially in relation to the development of the concept of hybridity, the construction of colonial discourse, and the tools of resistance and subversion against colonial power.