The New Way of the World

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The New Way of the World is the best modern realization of Foucault's pioneering approach to the history of neoliberalism. It wonderfully explores the European roots and branches of the neoliberal thought collective over the twentieth century, and warns that unthinking misrepresentations of its political project as espousing 'laissez-faire' has had the effect of allowing the Left to submit to its siren song. -- Philip Mirowski To understand these debates [on neoliberalism], the book by Christian Laval and Pierre Dardot on the 'neoliberal society' offers us analytical keys.This monument of scholarship draws on the history of ideas, philosophy and sociology. * Le Monde * Extremely scholarly, this book is an insistent invitation to push theoretical and social critique of the present order beyond the standard analyses. * Le Monde diplomatique * This book represents much-needed commentary to the lectures delivered by Michel Foucault at the College de France in 1978/1979, entitled Birth of Biopolitics, [and] a compelling analysis of neoliberal governmentality in the era of capitalist financialization. -- Emanuele Leonardi * Theory, Culture & Society * Erudite and provocative. -- Bruce Robbins * Los Angeles Review of Books *