British multicultural novels track the rise of a post-Thatcherite neoliberal outlook.

Evidence

In the works of Hanif Kureishi and Monica Ali, we can chart the course of this disenchantment with the idea of political multiculturalism—a course that, I argue, maps onto the rise of a post-Thatcherite neoliberal outlook in which collective action is denigrated in favor of self-help and entrepreneurship. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 65

Categorization

• XREF: Directly equips the reader’s argument about Hamid and Naqvi: the economic-liberal assimilation endpoint Morey identifies in Kureishi/Ali is a template for reading how Changez and Changez-like protagonists in Hamid are framed as successful liberal subjects. — connects to: New Labour’s 1997 election completed Thatcherite neoliberalism’s ideological victory. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 2103
• DEFINE: Defines ‘neoliberal outlook’ as denigration of collective action in favor of self-help and entrepreneurship—a usable term for distinguishing contesting vs reinforcing readings.