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The morals of the market
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- Book Synopsis
- Drawing on detailed archival research on the parallel histories of human rights and neoliberalism, Jessica Whyte uncovers the place of human rights in neoliberal attempts to develop a moral framework for a market society. In the wake of the Second World War, neoliberals saw demands for new rights to social welfare and self-determination as threats to "civilisation". Yet, rather than rejecting rights, they developed a distinctive account of human rights as tools to depoliticise civil society, protect private investments and shape liberal subjects.
- About The Author
- Jessica Whyte is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales. She is the author of Catastrophe and Redemption: The Political Thought of Giorgio Agamben.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781786633118
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Verso, (05 November 2019)
- Number of Pages
- 278
- Weight
- 334 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 210 x 140 x 18 mm
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