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Discourse theory is the summarization of other approaches into discourse quantitative methods in social and political issues. In the heart of Laclau and Mouffe's theory of discourse is a central principle according to which a social issue or a social identity is never finished. Laclau and Mouffe placed their thought framework on various theoretical domains from Saussure to Derrida, and from Althusser and Foucault to Lacan. In this regard, through centralizing the moment of political articulation, in developing the neo-Gramscian theory of discourse, privileging the political to social by referring back to the political moment of its originary institution, they have built a new theoretical tradition on the ruins of classical Marxism. In this paper, we will analyze the theoretical approach of Laclau and Mouffe in respect of ideology, subject, hegemony, and political
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