What is Neoliberalism, Anyway?
There are few words in today’s political lexicon as simultaneously popular and misunderstood as neoliberalism. The term has become a rallying cry for the left, used to signal one’s political…
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A Peculiar Phenomenon: Review of “The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism” by Matthew McManus
Most of us were utterly unprepared for those astonishing events of 2016: Britain’s vote to leave the European Union and the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency. Why…
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Stephen Harper’s Right Here, Right Now: Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption. Book Review.
The emergence of right wing populism—which I call postmodern conservatism—as a global political force has provoked a flurry of explanatory books (including two forthcoming by yours truly). These have ranged…
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Michel Foucault: Arch-Leftist or Subversive Conservative?
Michel Foucault is one of the great thinkers of (post) modern thought, and arguably the most influential figure in the humanities and social science from the second half of the…
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The Reactionary Mind by Corey Robin. Book Review
Few political science books have stirred as much controversy as Corey Robin’s The Reactionary Mind. In its initial review, the New York Times dismisses the book as a diatribe preaching…
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Illiberal Conservatism
Introduction: The Rebirth of History In 1989, a young and then unknown scholar named Francis Fukuyama published a short article in the National Interest with the provocative title “The End…
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A Review of Quinn Slobodian’s “Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism”
Well, I would say that, as long-term institutions, I am totally against dictatorships. But a dictatorship may be a necessary system for a transitional period. At times it is necessary for…
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How Post-Modern Conservatism Emerged
“Truth is not Truth” Rudy Guiliani, August 19, 2018 Introduction In an earlier article for Areo, I discussed the state of conservatism today, and argued that we are witnessing the…
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