"Social antagonism" is one of the most important notions and, at the same time, the most difficult one to understand in the discourse theory. One of the most important reasons for that is the fact that the very formulators, Laclau and Mouffe, have been presenting reformulations to this concept after its earlier introduction in 1985. According to this referred difficulty, the aim of this article is to propose a theoretical exercise on this category, starting from Laclau and Mouffe's works towards the texts of their main commentators. Moreover, one intends presenting a new way to think this concept, arguing the ideia that this notion should be understood according to what I call its political value of political identification.
social antagonism; dislocation; discourse theory; political identification