Neoliberals replaced the old language of civilisation with a market-based standard

Evidence

I show that, while anticolonialists succeeded in ridding the UDHR of the language of ‘civilisation’, the neoliberals constructed a new standard of civilisation that would secure submission to the international market. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 64

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to my reading on civilisational hierarchies in postcolonial studies and the human-rights discourse thread; the ‘new standard of civilisation’ framing echoes Anghie’s work on the imperial origins of international law. — connects to: Neoliberalism required culturally transforming non-capitalist societies to extend markets — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 88; Neoliberalism’s durability rests on fusing the economic with the cultural — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 298; Austrian School neoliberals equated civilisation with submission to market demands. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 110 (+3 more)
• SEED: The ‘neoliberal standard of civilisation’ as a successor to 19th-century civilisational discourse could anchor an essay on how economic compliance replaces cultural conformity as the gate to full membership.
• DEFINE: Introduces the concept of a reconstituted ‘standard of civilisation’ — useful for precise definitional work.

Broader Connections

• Neoliberalism required culturally transforming non-capitalist societies to extend markets #expands (0.85) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 88
• Neoliberalism’s durability rests on fusing the economic with the cultural #expands (0.80) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 298