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In 1999 I wrote an article 'on leaving the church' (Craske and Marsh 1999). In this article I revisit this theme having recently returned to church. I explore the themes that led to me leaving (the Christian contribution to the history of misogyny and the desire for liberation, coupled with the desire to have the freedom to think); themes which, paradoxically, are not dissimilar to the reasons behind my return. The paper engages with the reductionist functionalism of the dominant social and political paradigm of neoliberal consumerism, and engages with Michèle Le Doeuff's claim that the framework provided by religion for life is attractive, precisely because it allows for uncertainty and a deep engagement with the realities of being human.

In this timely collection, contributors from a number of disciplines discuss neoliberal visions of success, and the subsequent effects they have on the construction of the lifecycle. Frequently mentioned in popular political discourse, the notion of neoliberalism is often deployed as shorthand for the consensus that austerity is necessary and the hard-working individual can survive it. This volume unpicks and interrogates the term by engaging with the interface between the political ubiquity of neoliberal forms and its lived experience in neoliberal societies, cutting across a multiplicity of factors including gender, age, and access to education. Impressive in its wide scope and analysis, Interrogating the Neoliberal Lifecycle presents an informed discussion not only of the limits of the neoliberal paradigm but also of possible alternatives.--

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: Welcome to the Neoliberal Life Cycle! -- Work, University and Success -- Living Neoliberalism -- The Collection -- References -- Part I Childhood, Youth, and Schooling -- 2 Personal Moral Autonomy, Responsibility and Choice: Do We Know What Our Cultural Discourses Are Doing to Young People's Mental Health? -- Neoliberalism and the Self -- The Self and Mental Health -- The Importance of Context and the Emotions -- References -- 3 Boys from the Bronx, Men from Manhattan: Gender, Aspiration and Imagining a (Neoliberal) Future After High School in New York City -- The 4 Train from Manhattan to the Bronx: Research Context -- Imagining a Neoliberal Future, During and After High School -- Aspiration and Masculinity: Boys Becoming (Neoliberal) Men -- Quanta of Personhood -- Findings -- National Discourses of Neoliberal Success: Does 'Everybody Matter'? -- Partial Removes: Boys from the Bronx, 'Getting the Hell Out' -- Fight Club: 'It's One Giant Circle' -- Improvised Futures -- Conclusions: 4 Train from the Bronx to Manhattan -- References -- 4 Girl Trouble: Not the Ideal Neoliberal Subject -- 'Gifted and Talented' Policy and Governmentality -- Who Are the 'Successful Girls'? -- 'Gifted and Talented' Education Policy in England: Global Positioning and Governmentality -- The Girls in the Market and the Market in the Girls -- Meritocracy and the Daughters of Neoliberalism -- Working Hard and Deserving Success -- Choosing Not to Invest -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II The University Under Neoliberalism -- 5 Paying for Success "Outside Your World": Antagonising Neoliberal Higher Education -- Contemporary and Historical Formations of Neoliberalism -- Neoliberalism as Antagonistic Politics in the Academy and the "Fitting Body" -- The Impact of Neoliberalism and the Price We Pay.