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Never ending nightmare : the neoliberal assault on democracy / Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval ; translated by Gregory Elliott.
Lippincott Library HB95 .D3613 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dardot, Pierre, author.
- Laval, Christian, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Ce cauchemar qui n'en finit pas. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Neoliberalism.
- Liberalism.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 178 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Verso, 2019.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
- Contents:
- 1 Governing by Crisis p. 9
- Oligarchy against Democracy p. 10
- The Radicalization of Neoliberalism p. 14
- Crisis as a Method of Government p. 17
- Crisis as a Weapon of War p. 23
- 2 The Neoliberal Project: An Anti-Democratic Project p. 29
- Against 'Popular Sovereignty' p. 31
- The Pre-eminence of Private Law over Government and State p. 33
- 'Demarchys' or the Constitutionalization of Private Law p. 36
- The Ordo-Liberal Idea of an 'Economic Constitution' p. 39
- 3 Neoliberal System and Capitalism p. 49
- The Disciplinary System of Competition p. 50
- The Neoliberal System and the 'Laws' of Capital p. 55
- Extending the Boundaries of the Appropriation of Nature Ever Further p. 61
- Limitlessness as a Regime of Subjectivity p. 64
- 4 The European Union, or, The Empire of Norms p. 75
- The 'European Project': From Narrative of Origins to Historical Reality p. 76
- The Construction of the Mega Market p. 81
- The 'Expertocratic' Governance of the European Union p. 86
- Budget and Currency as Disciplinary Tools p. 91
- In What Way Is the European Union 'Social'? p. 95
- 5 The Debt Noose p. 99
- Debt as a Government Tool p. 100
- A New Conception of 'Sovereignty' p. 103
- Whatever It Takes p. 107
- A Logic of Political War p. 109
- 'Debtocracy', or, The Sovereign Power of Creditors p. 111
- Societies Enslaved to Debt p. 115
- 6 The Neoliberal Oligarchic Bloc p. 123
- Agents of Radicalization p. 124
- Professional Politics and Neoliberal Domination p. 127
- Systemic Corruption p. 130
- The Age of Corporate Power p. 134
- The Osmosis of Banks and Senior Civil Servants p. 139
- Economic Expertise and the Mediatic Shaping of Reality p. 143
- The Oligarchic Bloc and the Right-Wing Left p. 146
- Conclusions: Democracy as Experimenting with the Commons p. 149
- A Historical Crisis of the Left p. 150
- The Experience of the Commons against Expertocracy p. 155
- The Strategy of the Democratic Bloc p. 159.
- Notes:
- "First published as 'Ce cauchemar qui n'en finit pas: Comment le néolibéralisme défait la démocratie' ©Editions La Découverte 2016" -- Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781786634740
- 1786634740
- OCLC:
- 990113830
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