The new way of the world : on neoliberal society /

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Author / Creator:Dardot, Pierre, author.
Uniform title:Nouvelle raison du monde. English
Imprint:Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2013.
Description:337 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9953729
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Other authors / contributors:Laval, Christian, author.
Elliott, Gregory, translator.
ISBN:9781781681763 (hardback)
1781681767 (hardback)
Notes:Translated from the French.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"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"--