Mutant neoliberalism : market rule and political rupture / William Callison and Zachary Manfredi, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: theorizing mutant neoliberalism / William Callison and Zachary Manfredi -- Neoliberalism's scorpion tale / Wendy Brown -- The market's people: Milton Friedman and the making of neoliberal populism / Soren Brandes -- Neoliberals against Europe / Quinn Slobodian and Dieter Plehwe -- Anti-austerity on the far right / Melinda Cooper -- Disposing of the discredited: European project / Michel Feher -- Neoliberalism, rationality, and the savage slot / Julia Elyachar -- Sexing homo œconomicus: finding masculinity at work / Leslie Salzinger -- Feminist theory redux: neoliberalism's public-private divide / Megan Moodie and Lisa Rofel -- "Innovation" discourse and the neoliberal university: top ten reasons to abolish disruptive innovation / Christopher Newfield -- Absolute capitalism / Etienne Balibar

"Tales of neoliberalism's death are serially overstated. Following the financial crisis of 2008, neoliberalism was proclaimed a "zombie," a disgraced ideology that staggered on like an undead monster. After the political ruptures of 2016, commentators were quick to announce "the end" of neoliberalism yet again, pointing to both the global rise of far-right forces and the reinvigoration of democratic socialist politics. But do new political forces sound neoliberalism's death knell or will they instead catalyze new mutations in its dynamic development? Mutant Neoliberalism brings together leading scholars of neoliberalism--political theorists, historians, philosophers, anthropologists and sociologists--to rethink transformations in market rule and their relation to ongoing political ruptures. The chapters show how years of neoliberal governance, policy, and depoliticization created the conditions for thriving reactionary forces, while also reflecting on whether recent trends will challenge, reconfigure, or extend neoliberalism's reach. The contributors reconsider neoliberalism's relationship with its assumed adversaries and map mutations in financialized capitalism and governance across time and space--from Europe and the United States to China and India. Taken together, the volume recasts the stakes of contemporary debate and reorients critique and resistance within a rapidly changing landscape."-- Provided by publisher