Neoliberal selfhood reframes reward and punishment as risk outcomes, not justice

Evidence

E) “The Entrepreneurial self cannot be passive, but must move strategically in a world rife with risk. Hence, reward and punishment are accepted by the agent as the outcome of calculated risks, not as the dictates of ‘justice.’” — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 273

Categorization

• XREF: Doctrine of the entrepreneurial self connects to Foucault’s earlier points and to the ‘risky self’ literature in insurance studies. — connects to: The ideal neoliberal subject is a self-sufficient entrepreneurial risk-taker — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 36; Neoliberalism induces risk-bearing then blames the victims when risk fails — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 351; Neoliberals conditioned self-government on accepting market discipline — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 297 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberals conditioned self-government on accepting market discipline #expands (0.85) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 297
• Neoliberalism transforms the self so that crises stop being read as system failures #expands (0.78) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 302
• Paternalism governs long-term inequalities through social rewards rather than force #expands (0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 671