Never-Ending Nightmare: The Neoliberal Assault on Democracy - Couverture rigide

Dardot, Pierre; Laval, Christian

 
9781786634740: Never-Ending Nightmare: The Neoliberal Assault on Democracy
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1786634740 ISBN 13 : 9781786634740
Editeur : Verso Books, 2019

Synopsis

Neoliberalism's war against democracy and how to resist it

How do we explain the strange survival of the forces responsible for the 2008 economic crisis, one of the worst since 1929? How do we explain the fact that neoliberalism has emerged from the crisis strengthened? When it broke, a number of the most prominent economists hastened to announce the 'death' of neoliberalism. They regarded the pursuit of neoliberal policy as the fruit of dogmatism.

For Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval, neoliberalism is no mere dogma. Supported by powerful oligarchies, it is a veritable politico-institutional system that obeys a logic of self-reinforcement. Far from representing a break, crisis has become a formidably effective mode of government.

In showing how this system crystallized and solidified, the book explains that the neoliberal straitjacket has succeeded in preventing any course correction by progressively deactivating democracy. Increasing the disarray and demobilization, the so-called 'governmental' Left has actively helped strengthen this oligarchical logic. The latter could lead to a definitive exit from democracy in favour of expertocratic governance, free of any control.

However, nothing has been decided yet. The revival of democratic activity, which we see emerging in the political movements and experiments of recent years, is a sign that the political confrontation with the neoliberal system and the oligarchical bloc has already begun.

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À propos de l?auteur

Pierre Dardot is a philosopher and specialist of Hegel and Marx. His previous books include The New Way of the World (with Christian Laval).

Christian Laval is Professor of Sociology at the Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense.

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Éditeur
Verso Books
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1786634740
ISBN 13 
9781786634740
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
208
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