The new way of the world
Subtitle: on neoliberal society
By: Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval ; translated by Gregory Elliott
Contributors: Laval, Christian
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9781781681763
Subjects: Free enterprise; Liberalism; Capitalism; PHILOSOPHY / Political
Work titles: Nouvelle raison du monde
Description: "Exploring the genesis of neoliberalism, and the political and economic  circumstances of its deployment, Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval  dispel numerous common misconceptions. Neoliberalism is neither a return  to classical liberalism nor the restoration of "pure" capitalism. To  misinterpret neoliberalism is to fail to understand what is new about  it: far from viewing the market as a natural given that limits state  action, neoliberalism seeks to construct the market and make the firm a  model for governments. Only once this is grasped will its opponents be  able to meet the unprecedented political and intellectual challenge it  poses"--
Notes: Includes index.