Neoliberalism should be reframed as an interruption of egalitarian modernity

Evidence

But the fight will only be won when we can say with confidence, not only that things used to be different in the past, but that they can be different in the future too. I’m hoping that, before long, the neoliberal era will be seen for what it was: a barbarous anti-Enlightenment atavism, a temporary interruption of a process of egalitarian modernisation. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2082

Categorization

• SEED: An essay angle: reclaiming modernization/progress vocabulary from the right by narrating neoliberalism as the historical aberration rather than the norm.
• XREF: connects to: Neoliberalism exists to reverse modernity’s claims to self-determination — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 116; Neoliberalism claims modernization while actually arresting modernity — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 2240; Postmodernity extends modernity’s egalitarianism to subaltern others — Marianne DeKoven, Utopia Limited: The Sixties and the…, 506 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberalism exists to reverse modernity’s claims to self-determination #corroborates (0.92) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 116
• Neoliberalism claims modernization while actually arresting modernity #corroborates (0.90) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2240
• Neoliberal development framed egalitarian welfare norms as obstacles to be overcome #exemplifies (0.82) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 409
• Neoliberalism is a reprogramming of liberal governmentality, not a reaction to capitalist crisis #expands (0.80) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 83
• Neoliberal modernisation aimed to destroy non-market sources of social reproduction #exemplifies (0.78) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 354
• Neoliberal restructuring systematically further privileges the already privileged #exemplifies (0.76) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1742
• Postmodernity extends modernity’s egalitarianism to subaltern others #complicates (0.75) — Marianne DeKoven, Utopia Limited, 506
• Neoliberalism aimed at class decomposition, not market freedom #qualifies (0.74)
• Neoliberal policy requires means-tested minimalism and bans universal provision #exemplifies (0.73) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 208