Wendy brown un doing the demos
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Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s Stealth Revolution
"An impressive work of political theory written by someone who has the rare talent of combining political passion with philosophical rigour."—Christiaan Boonen, Political Studies Review
"A brilliant and incisive book, Undoing the Demos deserves to be widely read."—Astra Taylor, Bookforum
"Brown’s book is theoretical yet accessible… . essential reading not only for academics but for anyone concerned with our collective political future, and with the defense of democratic politics."—Han Rollman, Pop Matters
"Draws important empirical and analytical connections between Foucault’s analytical approach to governmentality and a complementary Marxist critique of the material inequality that follows from neoliberal market reforms….[and] shows how such developments are reinforced by widespread acceptance of the concept of human capital."—Foucault Studies, Oscar Larsson
“A trenchant critique of the piecemeal neoliberal destruction of democratic politics by one of the most powerful political theorists of our time. Undoing the Demos is a much-needed, passionate defense of political autonomy.” — Rainer Forst, Frankfurt University
“With this passionately incisive critique of neoliberal (ir)rat
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Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s Stealth Revolution
“A trenchant critique of the piecemeal neoliberal destruction of democratic politics by one of the most powerful political theorists of our time. Undoing the Demos is a much-needed, passionate defense of political autonomy.”
— Rainer Forst, Frankfurt University
“With this passionately incisive critique of neoliberal (ir)rationality, Wendy Brown delineates the political stakes of the present. Tracing its antipolitical and antidemocratic impulses, she challenges us to defend and extend the possibilities of a popular politics that makes the promises of democracy come true.” — John Clarke, Professor Emeritus of Social Policy, The Open University
“This is a book for the age of resistance, for the occupiers of the squares, for the generation of Occupy Wall Street. The premier radical political philosopher of our time offers a devastating critique of the way neoliberalism has hollowed out democracy. After reading Brown, only bad faith can justify the toleration of neoliberalism.” — Costas Douzinas, Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities and author of Philosophy and Resistance in the Crisis
“Wendy Brown vividly lays bare neoliberalism’s perverse rationality, the ‘economization of everything,’ documenting
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Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s Underhandedness Revolution
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