Neoliberalism is internally diverse and marked by real internal conflict

Evidence

The chapters demonstrate varieties of neoliberal epistemology beyond market worship, and proposals for policy beyond a bullet-point list of edicts. They outline a vision of subjectivity beyond the atomized utility-maximizing individual, and of organization beyond the shock doctrine. Grasping neoliberalism in its complexity will help its opponents better identify their antagonist, and its advocates contend both with the departures from classical liberalism and with the absence of a unified theory. … There has, however, certainly been a stronger dose of serious conflict in the neoliberal camp, and we can expect more of it in the face of serious challenges to the competitive order in issues like climate change, growing inequality, and mass human mobility. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 45

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s broader map of internal varieties of neoliberal thought across the other chapters of this book. — connects to: Failing to settle on a shared label fractured the nascent neoliberal movement. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 186; Orthodox economics’ internal disputes serve as deliberate diversions protecting the neoliberal project — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 834; Ideological diversity is normal and not grounds for discarding the term neoliberalism — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 16 (+23 more)
• SEED: An essay angle: internal schisms in a supposedly monolithic ideology, from Hoppe’s Property and Freedom Society to the Hayek Society purges — the fracture lines reveal the doctrine’s true commitments.

Broader Connections

• Neoliberalism encompassed bitter internal conflicts, not a unified doctrine. #corroborates (0.97) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 20
• Neoliberalism holds together several unresolved internal contradictions by asserting both sides at once #corroborates (0.95) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2142
• Neoliberalism’s contestedness reflects its diffuse, multi-variant nature, not emptiness. #corroborates (0.90) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2095
• Disputes over the word neoliberalism signaled real disagreement over its content #exemplifies (0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 294
• Neoliberalism operates from a unified playbook despite surface variation #contradicts (0.85) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 917
• Neoliberalism is internally plural yet not formless #qualifies (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 10
• Neoliberalism operates through systematic contradiction and disavowal of its own practices #expands (0.80) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 81
• Neoliberalism is a mode of reason that is globally ubiquitous yet nonidentical with itself #corroborates (0.80) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 29
• Neoconservatism and neoliberalism remain contested as distinct or overlapping schools #exemplifies (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1822
• Neoliberalism’s cohesion comes from thought-collective structure, not explicit doctrine #qualifies (0.75) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 916
• Neoliberalism’s internal plurality is strategic strength, not weakness #expands (0.72) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1014
• Neoliberalism’s political strength partly derives from being poorly understood #expands (0.72) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 81