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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824265603321

Autore

Olssen Mark

Titolo

Liberalism, neoliberalism, social democracy : thin communitarian perspectives on political philosophy and education / / Mark Olssen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-21421-2

1-135-21422-0

1-282-25710-2

9786612257100

0-203-87332-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in social and political thought

Disciplina

320.51

320.51/3

Soggetti

Liberalism

Neoliberalism

Welfare state

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Beyond Neoliberalism; 2 Friedrich A. von Hayek: Markets, Planning and the Rule of Law; 3 The Politics of Utopia and the Liberal Theory of Totalitarianism: Karl Popper and Michel Foucault; 4 Pluralism and Positive Freedom: Towards a Critique of Isaiah Berlin; 5 From the Crick Report to the Parekh Report: Multiculturalism, Cultural Difference and Democracy; 6 Foucault, Liberal Education and the Issue of Autonomy; 7 Saving Martha Nussbaum from Herself: Help from Friends She Didn't Know She Had

8 Social Democracy in the Twenty-first Century: Hobson, Keynes and ComplexityNotes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Credit Crunch of 2008 has exposed the fallacies of neoliberalism and its thesis of the self-regulating market, which has been ascendant in both economic theory and policy over the last 30 years. In moving beyond neoliberalism, social democratic arguments are once again coming to the fore; however, in the context of the 21st century, they



will need to be theorized in relation to new global concerns. This book critically revisits the core theses of liberalism and neoliberalism that have provided philosophical support to free market economics - as enunciated in the writings of liberal poli