The Morals of the Market

Human Rights and the Rise of Neoliberalism

von Jessica Whyte

288 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Drawing on detailed archival research on the parallel histories of human rights and neoliberalism, Jessica Whyte uncovers the place of human rights in neoliberal attempts to develop a moral framework for a market society. In the wake of the Second World War, neoliberals saw demands for new rights to social welfare and self-determination as threats to "civilisation". Yet, rather than rejecting rights, they developed a distinctive account of human rights as tools to depoliticise civil society, protect private investments and shape liberal subjects.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat Politische Kontrolle, Propaganda und Freiheitsrechte Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• ISBN: 9781786633118
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 05.11.2019
• Größe: 233 x 151 mm
• Verlag: Verso Books