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And who is the dictator in that "American Empire" dictatorship?

by dgudkov 10y ago

eternalban 10y ago
Names and faces are unknown, but their instruments of directing and managing the "empire" are becoming more visible by each passing day. 2016 was a crazy year but there is that silver lining. [p.s. edit]: Undoing Democracy: Neoliberalism's Remaking of State and Subject This book is a theoretical consideration of the ways that neoliberalism, a peculiar form of reason that configures all aspects of existence in economic terms, is quietly undoing basic elements of democracy. These elements include vocabularies, principles of justice, political cultures, habits of citizenship, practices of rule, and above all, democratic imaginaries. My argument is not merely that markets and money are corrupting or degrading democracy, that political institutions and outcomes are increasingly dominated by finance and corporate capital, or that democracy is being replaced by plutocracy -- rule by and for the rich. Rather, neoliberal reason, ubiquitous today in statecraft and the workplace, in jurisprudence, education, culture, and a vast range of quotidian activity, is converting the distinctly /political/ character, meaning, and operation of democracy's constituent elements into /economic/ ones. Liberal democratic institutions, practices, and habits may not survive this conversion. Radical democratic dreams may not either. Thus. this book charts both a disturbing contemporary condition and the potential barrenness for future democratic projects contained in this troubled present. The institutions and principles aimed at securing democracy, the cultures required to nourish it, the energies needed to animate it, and the citizens practicing, caring for, or desiring it -- all these are challenged by neoliberalism's "economization" of political life and other heretofore noneconomic spheres and activities. - Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism's Stealth Revolution, Ch. 1 /emphasis/ in the original. [1]: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/undoing-demos https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/undoing-demos

And who is the dictator in that "American Empire" dictatorship?

by dgudkov 10y ago

And who is the dictator in that "American Empire" dictatorship?

Names and faces are unknown, but their instruments of directing and managing the "empire" are becoming more visible by each passing day. 2016 was a crazy year but there is that silver lining. [p.s. edit]: Undoing Democracy: Neoliberalism's Remaking of State and Subject This book is a theoretical consideration of the ways that neoliberalism, a peculiar form of reason that configures all aspects of existence in economic terms, is quietly undoing basic elements of democracy. These elements include vocabularies, principles of justice, political cultures, habits of citizenship, practices of rule, and above all, democratic imaginaries. My argument is not merely that markets and money are corrupting or degrading democracy, that political institutions and outcomes are increasingly dominated by finance and corporate capital, or that democracy is being replaced by plutocracy -- rule by and for the rich. Rather, neoliberal reason, ubiquitous today in statecraft and the workplace, in jurisprudence, education, culture, and a vast range of quotidian activity, is converting the distinctly /political/ character, meaning, and operation of democracy's constituent elements into /economic/ ones. Liberal democratic institutions, practices, and habits may not survive this conversion. Radical democratic dreams may not either. Thus. this book charts both a disturbing contemporary condition and the potential barrenness for future democratic projects contained in this troubled present. The institutions and principles aimed at securing democracy, the cultures required to nourish it, the energies needed to animate it, and the citizens practicing, caring for, or desiring it -- all these are challenged by neoliberalism's "economization" of political life and other heretofore noneconomic spheres and activities. - Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism's Stealth Revolution, Ch. 1 /emphasis/ in the original. [1]: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/undoing-demos https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/undoing-demos