Neoliberalism is easily one of the most powerful concepts to emerge within the social sciences in the last two decades, and the number of scholars who write about this dynamic and unfolding process of socio-spatial transformation is astonishing. Even more surprising though is that there has, until now, not been an attempt to provide a wide-ranging volume that engages with the multiple registers in which neoliberalism has evolved. This book seeks to offer a wide-ranging overview of the phenomenon of neoliberalism by examining a number of ways that it has been theorized, promoted, critiqued, and put into practice in a variety of geographical locations and institutional frameworks.
While the by now popular term "posttruth" remains, as Jayson Harsin and others argue, a contested and problematic concept, as a periodizing term it is useful in that it encapsulates collective anxieties and cognitive effects brought on by the increased commodification of knowledge, the marketization of political discourse, and the emergence of new economies and technologies of attention that fragment and destabilize relations of trust and authority across fields of inquiry (e.g. science and medicine), knowledge institutions (e.g. news and universities), and media technologies (e.g. video and photography) traditionally seen as arbiters of truth and facticity within the hegemony of Anglo-American liberalism. This paper considers the role of neoliberalism in the emergence of posttruth performance by reflecting on the work of public relations companies deployed in 2017 to promote the construction of a new power plant in New Orleans, as well as the work of the pro-Brexit campaign group Leave.EU in the run up to the 2016 referendum. Through these case studies the article demonstrates ways in which theater and performance studies can offer important critical tools with which to understand and dissect the structural conditions of posttruth in the twenty-first century.
Neoliberalism and the media : history and context / Marian Meyers -- Reality TV "gets real" : hypercommercialism and post-truth in CNN's coverage of the 2016 election campaign / Liane Tanguay -- The girl effect : philanthrocapitalism and the branded marketplace of philanthropic governance / Dana Schowalter -- Neoliberalism and women's right to communicate : the politics of ownership and voice in media / Carolyn M. Byerly -- Numinous fortune and holy money : Dave Ramsey's cruel optimism / John Sewell -- From homo economicus to homo sacer : neoliberalism and the thanatopolitics of the Meth Project / Michael F. Walker -- As American as capitalist exploitation : neoliberalism in the men who built America / Christopher M. Duerringer -- Affirmative advertising and the mediated feeling rules of neoliberalism / Rosalind Gill & Akane Kanai -- Kitchen porn : of consumerist fantasies and desires / C. Wesley Buerkle -- "I deserved to get knocked up" : sex, class and Latinidad in Jane the Virgin / John S. Quinn-Puerta -- An intersectional analysis of controlling images and neoliberal meritocracy on scandal and empire / Cheryl Thompson -- Doing whiteness "right" : playing by the rules of neoliberalism for television's working class / Holly Holladay -- Negotiating identity and working class struggles in NBC's superstore / Lauren Bratslavsky.
"The current global recession has exacerbated the political and social crisis of finance-led neoliberal capitalism. Despite this, fears of its demise appear to have receded. In fact the crisis seems to present an opportunity: to accelerate and deepen neoliberal restructuring. By addressing the key dimensions of the crisis of neoliberalism, the authors trace its impact on the regulation of capital in the OECD world. Through analysis of the nature of capitalism in the BRICs and the impact of key new players as well as an investigation into the challenge to neoliberalism presented by the 'pink wave' in South America, they examine the rise of new centers of capital accumulation in the periphery. The authors also discuss the neo-conservative project under Bush and its continuation under Obama, the rise of China and Russia, and consider the prospect of inter-imperialist rivalry."--Provided by publisher.
UID/HIS/04209/2019 DL 57/2016/CP1453/CT0020 ; Este artigo analisa o 'Neoliberalismo' a partir de uma perspetiva histórica, enquanto um movimento político transnacional com uma forte inclinação epistémica, apostado em reconfigurar o Estado e construir uma ordem de mercado competitiva. Recorrendo a contributos metodológicos da História Intelectual e da Economia Política, o artigo debruça-se especificamente sobre as reflexões historiográficas levadas a cabo nos primórdios do Neoliberalismo por alguns dos seus mais destacados pensadores. Ao examinar os escritos de vários intelectuais que integraram a Sociedade do Mont Pèlerin – Friedrich Hayek, Karl Popper, T.S. Ashton, Walter Eucken, Ludwig von Mises e Milton Friedman – o artigo avalia o papel da interpretação histórica no discurso Neoliberal, destacando a sua conexão com o pensamento económico. This article analyses 'Neoliberalism' from a historical perspective, as a transnational political movement with a strong epistemic bent, engaged in reconfiguring state institutions and building a competitive market order. Drawing on methodological insights from Intellectual History and Political Economy, it focuses on the epistemic engagement of early Neoliberal thinkers in the field of historiography. By examining the writings of prominent intellectuals who participated in the Mont Pèlerin Society, such as Friedrich Hayek, Karl Popper, T.S. Ashton, Walter Eucken, Ludwig von Mises and Milton Friedman, the article assesses the role of historical interpretation in Neoliberal discourse, highlighting its connection with economic theory. ; publishersversion ; published
This volume examines and applies classical and contemporary concepts of rhetorical theory and criticism to the context of late capitalism. Each contributor shows how discourse, its subjects, and power relations are irrevocably transformed by neoliberalism. The collection analyzes a range of discourses and phenomena in neoliberalism including: higher education reforms, computational culture, Occupy Wall Street protests, the activism of Warren Buffett, and the 9-11 Truth Movement. Together, these chapters explore the contemporary rhetorical production of homo economicus and the various ways in which neoliberalism has become a way of thinking, orienting, and organizing all aspects of life around economized metrics of individualized and individuated success. This book will be of use to students and scholars crossing the fields of media and communication, political science, and sociology.
1. Introduction : language and neoliberalism - issues and framework -- 2. Neoliberalism and langauge as a commodity -- 3. Markets, metaphors and neoliberal ideology -- 4. Language and the market metaphor -- 5. The neoliberal reinvention of entrepreneur -- 6. Austerity and the entrepreneurial university -- 7. Conclusion : implications for understanding ideology in language.