{"product_id":"the-choice-of-civil-war-neoliberal-strategy-and-the-politics-of-the-enemy-9781804296189","title":"The Choice of Civil War: Neoliberal Strategy and the Politics of the Enemy","description":"\u003cb\u003eTURNING CITIZENS INTO ENEMIES, NEOLIBERAL GOVERNMENTS HAMSTRING DEMOCRACY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMargaret Thatcher's mantra 'there is no alternative' was not a statement of historical fact but a strategic objective. She shared with Hayek, Pinochet, Mises, Trump, Bolsonaro, and Macron a commitment to utilizing ideology, constitutional economics, labour discipline, and culture wars, as well as police and military force, to prevent popular resistance from organizing. Whatever their doctrinal differences, they all see the state's tight control of democracy as the most effective means of defeating egalitarian alternatives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNeoliberalism persists today thanks to its ability to defeat opponents while deepening social and cultural regression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePierre Dardot\u003c\/b\u003e is a philosopher at the University of Paris Nanterre. He has worked on the thought of Hegel and Marx and on the genealogy of western state. He published with Christian Laval \u003ci\u003eThe New Way of the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNever Ending Nightmare\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaud Guéguen\u003c\/b\u003e is a philosopher at the Conservatoire des arts et métiers in Paris. She works on the epistemology of the possible in the social sciences and the genealogy of neoliberal anthropology. She is the author, with Laurent Jeanpierre, of \u003ci\u003eLa perspective du possible\u003c\/i\u003e, Paris, La Découverte, 2022. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian Laval\u003c\/b\u003e is a sociologist at the University of Paris Nanterre. He has worked on the genealogy of utilitarianism, the history of sociology, the thought of Marx and neoliberalism and education. Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval jointly published \u003ci\u003eThe New Way of the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNever Ending Nightmare\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePierre Sauvêtre\u003c\/b\u003e is a sociologist at the University of Paris Nanterre. He works on Michel Foucault, Murray Bookchin, the commons and communalism. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFoucault\u003c\/i\u003e, Paris, Ellipses, 2017.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52038950420754,"sku":"9781804296189","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_10212923-f9d3-46a6-9336-81e4474865e4.jpg?v=1771342846","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-choice-of-civil-war-neoliberal-strategy-and-the-politics-of-the-enemy-9781804296189","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}