Most cited papers in Marxism and Critical Theory

Marxism and Critical Theory

What are the most cited papers in Marxism and Critical Theory?

The most cited paper in Marxism and Critical Theory is "Signification, representation, ideology: Althusser and the post‐structuralist debates" (Stuart Hall, 1985), with 1,399 citations. Next come "Radical interpretation" (718) and "Populism versus Democracy" (642).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 48 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	Signification, representation, ideology: Althusser and the post‐structuralist debates Stuart Hall · Critical Studies in Mass Communication	Jun 1985	1,399
2	Radical interpretation David Lewis · Synthese	1974	718
3	Populism versus Democracy Koenraad Abts, Stefan Rummens · Political Studies	22 Mar 2007	642
4	Interrogating post-democratization: Reclaiming egalitarian political spaces Erik A. Swyngedouw · Political Geography	Sep 2011	497
5	Discourse Theory: Achievements, Arguments, and Challenges Jacob Torfing · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks Book chapter	2005	313
6	III. Some Problems in the Analysis of Political Thought and Action Quentin Skinner · Political Theory	Aug 1974	299
7	A Progress of Sentiments. Reflections on Hume's Treatise. Peter M. Jones, Annette C. Baier · The Philosophical Quarterly	1993	281
8	On reconstructive legal and political theory Bernhard J. Peters · Philosophy & Social Criticism	Oct 1994	279
9	Lesbian ethics Sarah Lucia Hoagland · Women s Studies International Forum	1988	210
10	Hobbes and the Purely Artificial Person of the State Quentin Skinner · Journal of Political Philosophy	Mar 1999	207
11	The Politics of Affect Susan M. Ruddick · Theory Culture & Society	Jul 2010	196
12	What is a Destituent Power? Giorgio Agamben · Environment and Planning D Society and Space	2014	187
13	Ideology and post-Marxism Ernesto Laclau · Journal of Political Ideologies	Jun 2006	182
14	Rhetoric and the Political Theory of Ideologies Alan Finlayson · Political Studies	10 May 2012	160
15	Green ideology: A discursive reading Yannis Stavrakakis · Journal of Political Ideologies	Oct 1997	159
16	The theory of structuration John Thompson · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	7 Dec 1989	153
17	Le Visible et l'Invisible Par Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Gallimard, Paris1964. Présentation et postface de Claude Lefort. Maurice Lagueux · Dialogue	Dec 1966	151
18	Populism as Plebeian Politics: Inequality, Domination, and Popular Empowerment Camila Vergara · Journal of Political Philosophy	16 Oct 2019	150
19	Made With Words: Hobbes on Language, Mind and Politics R. E. Ewin · Australasian Journal of Philosophy	11 Aug 2009	149
20	Espectros de Marx. El estado de la deuda, el trabajo del duelo y la nueva internacional Jaques Derrida, Felipe Moreno Juan · Revista de Estudios Sociales Open access	2001	136
21	Los fundamentos de la libertad Thomas Buchheim · Tópicos Revista de Filosofía Open access	28 Nov 2013	132
22	Marxism and the philosophy of internal relations; or, How to replace the mysterious ‘paradox’ with ‘contradictions’ that can be studied and resolved Bertell Ollman · Capital & Class	Feb 2015	126
23	The Obligation to Resist Oppression Carol Hay · Journal of Social Philosophy Open access	Mar 2011	121
24	The Urban Sensorium: Space, Ideology and the Aestheticization of Politics Kanishka Goonewardena · Antipode	2005	121
25	Unpacking the Dialectic: Alternative Views on the Discourse–Materiality Relationship Linda L. Putnam · Journal of Management Studies	17 Nov 2014	117
26	Foucault, Foucauldians and Sociology Nick J. Fox · British Journal of Sociology	Sep 1998	117
27	Normative expectations: the simultaneous evolution of institutions and norms Robert Sugden · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	13 Apr 1998	115
28	Critical language awareness 1 part II: Towards critical alternatives Romy Clark, Norman L. Fairclough, Roz Ivanič et al. · Language and Education	1991	115
29	Analysing Self-Constituting Discourses Dominique Maingueneau · Discourse Studies	May 1999	112
30	Ideology, power and prehistory: An introduction Daniel J. Miller, Christopher Tilley · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	3 May 1984	111
31	Introduction: Theory, Interdisciplinarity and Critical Discourse Analysis Gilbert Weiss, Ruth Wodak · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks Book chapter	2003	108
32	Gramsci as a Spatial Theorist Bob Jessop · Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy	15 Sep 2005	107
33	Re-encountering Lefebvre: Toward a critical phenomenology of social space Eden Kinkaid · Environment and Planning D Society and Space Open access	4 Jun 2019	103
34	Restoring society to post-structuralist politics Will Leggett · Philosophy & Social Criticism	29 Jan 2013	100
35	The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship that Shaped Modern Thought Emily C. Nacol · Contemporary Political Theory Open access	13 Jun 2018	99
36	The Students' Rebellion in Chile: Occupy Protest or Classic Social Movement? César Guzmán‐Concha · Social movement studies Open access	Aug 2012	97
37	Die unmöglichen Subjekte des Postfundamentalismus Paul Sörensen · Politische Vierteljahresschrift Open access	18 Feb 2020	96
38	‘Psyche’ – Spirit as well as Mind? Andrew C. P. Sims · The British Journal of Psychiatry	Oct 1994	96
39	Modalities of Conjunctural Analysis: “Seeing the Present Differently” through Global Lenses Gillian Hart · Antipode Open access	Sep 2023	94
40	Everyday utopianism: Lefebvre and his critics Michael Gardiner · Cultural Studies	2004	93
41	The Phenomenology of Health and Illness Fredrik Svenaeus · Philosophy and medicine Book chapter	2001	92
42	Utopianism: A Very Short Introduction Jack Fennell · Utopian Studies	Jul 2011	88
43	The effects of affects: The place of emotions in the mobilizations of 2011 Tova Benski, Lauren Langman · Current Sociology	17 Apr 2013	88
44	Digital Workers of the World Unite! A Framework for Critically Theorising and Analysing Digital Labour Christian J. Fuchs, Marisol Sandoval · tripleC Communication Capitalism & Critique Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society Open access	Sep 2014	88
45	Humanism and Anti-Humanism Nick Crossley Book chapter	2005	87
46	The social actor: social action in real time Wes Sharrock, Graham Button · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	26 Jul 1991	87
47	Between Leninism and Radical Pluralism: Gramscian Reflections on Counter-Hegemony and the New Social Movements William K. Carroll, Robert S. Ratner · Critical Sociology	Jul 1994	84
48	Politics, Philosophy, Geography: Henri Lefebvre in Recent Anglo‐American Scholarship Stuart Elden · Antipode	Nov 2001	84
49	Wittgenstein and Political Philosophy James H. Tully · Political Theory	May 1989	83
50	Complexity and Social Movement(s) Graeme Chesters, Ian C. Welsh · Theory Culture & Society	Oct 2005	83

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