The Sovereign Consumer - A New Intellectual History of Neoliberalism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This book presents a new intellectual history of neoliberalism through the exploration of the sovereign consumer. Invented by neoliberal thinkers in the interwar period, this figure has been crucial to the construction and legimitization of neoliberal ideology and politics. Analysis of the sovereign consumer across time and space demonstrates how neoliberals have linked the figure both to the idea of democracy as a method of choice, and also to a re-invention of the market as the democratic forum par excellence. Moreover, Olsen contemplates how the sovereign consumer has served to marketize politics and functioned as a major driver in a wide-ranging transformation in political thinking, subjecting traditional political values to the narrow pursuit of economic growth. A politically timely project, The Sovereign Consumer will have a wide appeal in academic circles, especially for those interested in consumer and welfare studies, and in political, economic and cultural thought in the twentieth century.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Consumption and Public Life
Release date:	September 2018
First published:	2019
Authors:	Niklas Olsen
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	308
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-89583-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour
LSN:	3-319-89583-4
Barcode:	9783319895833

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