Abraham-Hamanoiel, Alejandro and Freedman, Des and Khiabany, Gholam and Nash, Kate and Petley, Julian (2017) Liberalism in Neoliberal Times: Dimensions, Contradictions, Limits. Goldsmiths Press. ISBN 9781906897406
Type of Research: | Book |
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Creators: | Abraham-Hamanoiel, Alejandro and Freedman, Des and Khiabany, Gholam and Nash, Kate and Petley, Julian |
Description: | An exploration of the theories, histories, practices, and contradictions of liberalism today. What does it mean to be a liberal in neoliberal times? This collection of short essays attempts to show how liberals and the wider concept of liberalism remain relevant in what many perceive to be a highly illiberal age. Liberalism in the broader sense revolves around tolerance, progress, humanitarianism, objectivity, reason, democracy, and human rights. Liberalism's emphasis on individual rights opened a theoretical pathway to neoliberalism, through private property, a classically minimal liberal state, and the efficiency of “free markets.” In practice, neoliberalism is associated less with the economic deregulation championed by its advocates than the re-regulation of the economy to protect financial capital. Liberalism in Neoliberal Times engages with the theories, histories, practices, and contradictions of liberalism, viewing it in relation to four central areas of public life: human rights, ethnicity and gender, education, and the media. The contributors explore the transformations in as well as the transformative aspects of liberalism and highlight both its liberating and limiting capacities. |
Official Website: | https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/liberalism-neoliberal-times |
Publisher/Broadcaster/Company: | Goldsmiths Press |
Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > London College of Communication |
Date: | June 2017 |
Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2019 10:51 |
Last Modified: | 26 Sep 2019 13:48 |
Item ID: | 14882 |
URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/14882 |
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