The New Way of the World

Informationen zum Autor Pierre Dardot is a philosopher and specialist in Hegel and Marx. Christian Laval is Professor of Sociology at the Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense. They are co-authors of Sauver Marx? Empire, multitude, travail immatériel and Marx, prénom: Karl . Klappentext "Exploring the genesis of neoliberalism, and the political and economic circumstances of its deployment, Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval dispel numerous common misconceptions. Neoliberalism is neither a return to classical liberalism nor the restoration of "pure" capitalism. To misinterpret neoliberalism is to fail to understand what is new about it: far from viewing the market as a natural given that limits state action, neoliberalism seeks to construct the market and make the firm a model for governments. Only once this is grasped will its opponents be able to meet the unprecedented political and intellectual challenge it poses"-- Zusammenfassung A far-reaching deconstruction of neoliberalism's economic agenda! political imposition and mystifying techniques

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Pierre Dardot is a philosopher and specialist in Hegel and Marx. Christian Laval is Professor of Sociology at the Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense. They are co-authors of Sauver Marx? Empire, multitude, travail immatériel and Marx, prénom: Karl.

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"Exploring the genesis of neoliberalism, and the political and economic circumstances of its deployment, Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval dispel numerous common misconceptions. Neoliberalism is neither a return to classical liberalism nor the restoration of "pure" capitalism. To misinterpret neoliberalism is to fail to understand what is new about it: far from viewing the market as a natural given that limits state action, neoliberalism seeks to construct the market and make the firm a model for governments. Only once this is grasped will its opponents be able to meet the unprecedented political and intellectual challenge it poses"--

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A far-reaching deconstruction of neoliberalism's economic agenda, political imposition and mystifying techniques