Denunciations of egoism leave power imbalances and inequality untouched

Evidence

The accusation of egoism, which anthropology opposes either through the assertion of a more noble human nature or by simply branding it as bestiality, does not basically affect the ambitions of the powerful for power, the existence of prosperity alongside misery, or the preservation of outmoded and unjust forms of society. Philosophical ethics, following the victory of the bourgeoisie, has put ever more ingenuity into being impartial on this point. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 736

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Neoliberal rationality discursively erases stratification and power differences among speakers. — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 323; Respectability campaigns overlooked the structural inequalities they could not overcome — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 981

Broader Connections

• Neoliberal rationality discursively erases stratification and power differences among speakers. #complicates (0.75) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 323