Critique and resistance in a neoliberal age : towards a narrative of emancipation

This book lays the conceptual groundwork for a coalition of struggles under the neoliberal age. In doing so, the author demonstrates that, despite talk of fragmention, divisions and conflicts, the present situation offers fresh opportunities for connecting diverse solidarities. __Critique and Resistance in a Neoliberal Age__ explores what connects individuals, not only between neoliberal conditions of economic, cultural and environmental domination but also in resistance. It also highlights the transformative power of human action, by grounding neoliberal processes in human action and demonstrating the relevance of, and opportunities for, emancipatory politics today. Offering a critique oriented towards social change, informed by a broad range of theoretical traditions and empirical research, the book will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of sociology, politics and philosophy, as well as those interested in the possibilities for social change. Acknowledgements; Contents; 1: Introduction; Defining Neoliberalism; The Core Functions Of Emancipatory Critique; Defetishizing Social Reality; Exploring The Mechanisms Of Domination; Diagnosing The Nature Of, And Prospects For, Resistance; Structure Of The Book; Part I: Neoliberal Processes; 2: Introduction Of Part I; 3: Financialization; The Core Features Of Financialization; Financialization And The Socio-economic Structure; On The Financialization Of Culture; Financialization And The Inflation Of Culture; 4: Flexibilization; Flexibilization As Economic Process From Flexibilization To Precarization On The Cultural Dimension Of Flexibilization; Defetishizing Flexibility; 5: Personal Responsibilization; Personal Responsibilization And The Neoliberal State; Explaining The Rise Of The Entrepreneurial Self; Bringing Neoliberalism Back In The Analysis; Ideology And Personal Responsibilization; 6: Privatization; From Economic Process To Cultural Force; Privatization And The New Cultural Condition; Privatization And Ideology; 7: The Neoliberalization Of Nature; Social Theory And Nature: Some Preliminary Considerations Neoliberal Processes And Nature More Than A Mere Reorganization Of Nature; 8: Conclusion Of Part I; Part Ii: Domination; 9: Introduction Of Part Ii; 10: Probing Neoliberal Domination; Class Domination; Race, Gender And Domination; Exploring The Links Between Economic And Cultural Domination; Environmental Domination And The Four Neoliberal Processes; Linking Social And Environmental Domination: Conceptual Premises; 11: Conceptualizing Neoliberal Domination; Economic Facts, Economic Power And Political Power; The Moral Authority Of Neoliberal Economic Facts Ideology And Economic Facts: Some Preliminary Considerations Economic Facts And Symbolic Domination; Social, Environmental And Symbolic Domination; 12: Modernization And The Neoliberal Condition; The Problem With Self-adjustment; The Transmutation Of Values And De-modernization; The Transmutation Of Values Illustrated; 13: Conclusion Of Part Ii; Part Iii: Resistance; 14: Introduction Of Part Iii; 15: Making Sense Of Contemporary Social Movements; The Movements In Context; The Movements And The Neoliberal Regime Of Symbolic Domination; Imagining A World Beyond Economic Rationality 16: Conceptualizing Resistance The Double Movement Thesis And Symbolic Domination; On The Interplay Of The Economy And Culture In Resistance; Nature And The Conceptualization Of Resistance; 17: On The Agent Of Resistance; An Agent In Conceptual Evolution; The Subject As Collective Will; Leaving Anthropocentrism Behind, But Not Emancipation; 18: Conclusion Of Part Iii; Part Iv: Emancipation; 19: Introduction Of Part Iv; 20: Emancipatory Political Action Reimagined; Defining Emancipation; The Rise Of Individualization And Apparent Demise Of Emancipatory Action Charles Masquelier. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-14 Front Matter....Pages 15-15 Introduction of Part I....Pages 17-18 Financialization....Pages 19-31 Flexibilization....Pages 33-46 Personal Responsibilization....Pages 47-60 Privatization....Pages 61-71 The Neoliberalization of Nature....Pages 73-80 Conclusion of Part I....Pages 81-83 Front Matter....Pages 85-85 Introduction of Part II....Pages 87-89 Probing Neoliberal Domination....Pages 91-109 Conceptualizing Neoliberal Domination....Pages 111-132 Modernization and the Neoliberal Condition....Pages 133-144 Conclusion of Part II....Pages 145-146 Front Matter....Pages 147-147 Introduction of Part III....Pages 149-150 Making Sense of Contemporary Social Movements....Pages 151-160 Conceptualizing Resistance....Pages 161-178 On the Agent of Resistance....Pages 179-193 Conclusion of Part III....Pages 195-196 Front Matter....Pages 197-197 Introduction of Part IV....Pages 199-200 Emancipatory Political Action Reimagined....Pages 201-210 Front Matter....Pages 197-197 Narrative Identity and Emancipation....Pages 211-222 Emancipatory Strategy....Pages 223-236 Conclusion of Part IV....Pages 237-238 Conclusion....Pages 239-246 Back Matter....Pages 247-272