Books by Wendy Brown
“Brown sees nothing positive in neoliberalism. She wants us to recover an older notion of humanity, one that calls on us to judge ourselves by the quality of our democracy, or the quality of our morality, or the quality of our educational system. She wants us to pursue a life in which human aspirations are freed from the tyranny of inputs and outputs.” Read more...
The best books on Neoliberalism
Gary Gerstle, Historian
Regulating Aversion
by Wendy Brown
Brown thinks that it’s damaging for liberals to adopt the language of tolerance, because it moves them away from higher ideals like equality and justice and reinforces the status quo.
Interviews where books by Wendy Brown were recommended
The best books on Toleration, recommended by Timothy Stanton
Toleration is an ideal of conduct which involves putting up with something you find objectionable, says Professor Timothy Stanton. He chooses the best five books on toleration, from John Locke to more recent works.
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A Brief History of Neoliberalism
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Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism
by Quinn Slobodian -
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The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1978–1979
by Michel Foucault -
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Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism's Stealth Revolution
by Wendy Brown -
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Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism
by Melinda Cooper
The best books on Neoliberalism, recommended by Gary Gerstle
The best books on Neoliberalism, recommended by Gary Gerstle
Neoliberalism is, arguably, the dominant political and economic ideology of the Western world, although its dominance is contested and the ills of the world are often laid at its door. Here Cambridge historian Gary Gerstle discusses five books that will help you understand neoliberalism’s origins, its ambitions and why it has been supported and opposed with such partisanship.
