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What Kind Of Thing Is 'Neoliberalism'?

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Author: Gilbert, Jeremy

Source: New Formations, Number 80 and 81, Winter 2013, pp. 7-22(16)

Publisher: Lawrence and Wishart

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3898/nEWF.80/81.IntroductIon.2013

This essay introduces the special double issue (80/81) of New Formations, Neoliberal Culture. It situates the eleven other contributions to the volume in the context of the wider field of debate over the existence and nature of 'neoliberalism' as a specifiable and analysable phenomenon. In particular it considers the conceptual status of neoliberalism as a discursive formation, a governmental programme, an ideology, a hegemonic project, a technical assemblage, and an abstract machine.

Keywords: ABSTRACT MACHINE; DISCURSIVE FORMATION; GOVERNMENT; HEGEMONY; IDEOLOGY; NEOLIBERALISM; TECHNICAL ASSEMBLAGE

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 12 November 2013

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