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is a 'natural' relation of subordination articulated as socially constructed relations of oppression and domination.

Antagonisms are 'natural' relations of subordination articulated as socially constructed relations of oppression and domination. (337)

is a difference, a limit, in a hegemonic discourse that must be articulated as an antagonism by groups in order to subvert or disarticulate the hegemonic discourse.

In summary, antagonisms are differences, limits, in a hegemonic discourse that must be articulated as antagonisms by groups in order to subvert or disarticulate the hegemonic discourse. (337)

is a term that functions in place of contradiction in classical marxism which implies a clash between the essential interests of two ontologically fundamental classes.

In articulation theory, the term antagonism functions in place of contradiction in classical Marxism. This is important from a rhetorical perspective. The term contradiction implies a clash between the essential interests of two ontologically fundamental classes. (p. 342)

is always based on love which has not recognized itself.

The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself. Henry Miller

is the negation of a given order, which is, quite simply, the limit of that order.

the negation of a given order is, quite simply, the limit of that order' (Laclau and Mouffe 1985, 126). For example, during the history of the United States, the 'American Dream' has faced antagonisms (slavery, segregation, oppression of women, exploitation of workers) that have exposed the limits of the 'American Dream' and led to struggles (the Civil War, the civil rights movement, the women's suffrage movement, the women's liberation movement, the labor movement) that disarticulated and rearticulated the 'American Dream.' Today, antagonisms such as global warming, ozone depletion, toxic waste, and pesticides in food and water provide the opportunity to question and disarticulate Industrialism.

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