1st Edition

The Countercultural Logic of Neoliberalism

By David Hancock Copyright 2019
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

Why, since the financial crisis of 2008, has neoliberal capitalism remained seemingly impregnable? Why, when it is shown as no longer capable of delivering on its economic promises does its logic pervade all facets of contemporary life? How has it seduced us? This book examines the seductive appeal of neoliberalism by understanding it as a fundamentally counter-cultural logic. Unlike earlier... Read more

Introduction



1. Bohemia, Counterculture and Rebellion Against the Organisation



2. Neoconservative Backlash and Capitalist Nihilism



3. Bohemia and Moral Economy of Neoliberalism



4. The Image of Libidinal Capitalism from the Protestant ethic to the ecstasy of the entrepreneur



5. The Politics of Transgression and Liberty The Alt Right and Techno Capitalism



6. Bohemia, Post-Capitalism and Dreaming with our Eyes Open an outline of a post-neoliberal politics

Biography

David Hancock is an indepedant scholar. He has published journal articles on the cultural politics of neoconservatism and neoliberalism, and is co-editor of the Spaces of Crisis and Critique: Heterotopias Beyond Foucault.