Critics of neoliberal economism end up defending the liberal rights model they once criticized
Evidence
If neoliberalism is understood in such amoral terms, then international human rights NGOs, with their focus on individual liberty, human dignity, freedom of conscience and bodily integrity, seem an important antidote to the unrelenting economisation of life. Despite her own trenchant criticisms of rights and liberalism in previous works, Brown’s indictment of neoliberalism leads her to a surprisingly sympathetic account of the liberal-democratic political model she believes we are losing: ‘We are no longer creatures of moral autonomy, freedom, or equality’, she writes; ‘We no longer choose our own ends or the means to them.’ — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 18
Categorization
- XREF: Directly relevant to the reader’s stated interest in ‘human-rights discourse’ — a critic of rights paradoxically reaching for rights as the antidote. — connects to: Rights-based anti-neoliberal struggle can inadvertently entrench the market — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 66; Capitalism absorbed its critics’ language to legitimize neoliberal privatization — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 439; Neoliberals co-opt left critiques to discredit even market-based ethical consumption. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 411 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Rights-based anti-neoliberal struggle can inadvertently entrench the market
#corroborates(0.85) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 66 - Capitalism absorbed its critics’ language to legitimize neoliberal privatization
#corroborates(0.80) — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 439 - Bifurcating politics and economics undermines left critique of neoliberalism
#corroborates(0.75) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 431 - Neoliberals co-opt left critiques to discredit even market-based ethical consumption.
#corroborates(0.70) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 411