Book description
A revelatory exploration of how today's right-wing authoritarianism emerged not in opposition to neoliberalism, but from within it
Bracingly original... Hayek's Bastards demonstrates how a history of ideas can be riveting. Slobodian grounds intellectual abstractions in the lives of the people who espoused them... His book offers an illuminating history…
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1 author picked Hayek's Bastards as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Slobodian's latest book, which charts the connection between neoliberalism and far-right politics, is a crucial read for today. The book works to displace the erroneous thought that far-right politics sweeping the globe is a challenge to the neoliberal world order; rather, it has grown from neoliberal doctrine and works to uphold these power structures, in a more violent, exclusionary way
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