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What's in a name? Political antagonism and critiquing 'neoliberalism'
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Abstract
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| The concept of neoliberalism has been central to critiques of the dominant social order over the last 20 years. The use of the term itself is often a focus of repetitive debates, between those who affirm its conceptual validity and those who highlight its vagueness. Informed by Laclau's concepts of antagonism and heterogeneity, this article offers a theoretical account of how the term is articulated, especially in left-wing discourses (including scholarly discourses) that prioritize neoliberalism as an object of critique. I affirm the use of neoliberalism as a critical shorthand for naming an oppressive social order, but also highlight the potential political and strategic problems with catch-all critiques of neoliberalism from within a radical left imaginary. I suggest another mode of critiquing neoliberalism that is cultivated through an ability to talk about how different social phenomena that might be one-dimensionally named as 'neoliberal' could be reconstituted in a coherent anti-neoliberal programme. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Journal of political ideologies. - Basingstoke
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Publication
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Abingdon
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Routledge journals, taylor & francis ltd
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2022
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ISSN
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1356-9317
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DOI
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10.1080/13569317.2021.1871801
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Volume/pages
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27
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(2022)
, p. 148-167
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ISI
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000607661600001
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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