The Morals of the Market (Lbe): Human Rights and the Rise of Neoliberalism (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9781786633460)

The fatal embrace of human rights and neoliberalism

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.

Author: Jessica Whyte
ISBN-10: 1786633469
ISBN-13: 9781786633460
Publisher: Verso
Language: English
Published: 01/21/2020
Pages: 288
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d