Introduction To Neoliberalism

Gellner (1997) also describes the relationship between the nation and the state. The interchangeable use of nation and state deepens the contradictions that arise in the common person’s understanding of nationalism. Therefore both Anderson and Gellner take a Marxist stance that nationalism is a species of bourgeois ideology. They see nationalism as an instrument through which the ruling class controls the people and counters the threat of social revolution by emphasizing national loyalty is stronger than class solidarity.

Will Kymlicka objects against libertarian approach of equality by saying that its interpretation of Lockean proviso – one’s situation should not be worsened through a primary possession of property – leads to an excessively weak requirement and is thus unacceptable. Economic

A central tenet is that the means of production is the economic base that influences or determines the political life. The Crucible was written in the midst of a political witch-hunt popularly known as the second Red Scare. Marxist ideas had become very popular, and fear of this Marxism taking hold and leading to Socialism in America was greatly feared, fueled in large part by McCarthyism. The Crucible took the infamous witch-hunt from 18th century Salem Massachusetts and its initial release paralleled the witch-hunt of the Red Scare. It was Arthur Miller's hope that audiences would recognize the parallels and exert the influence of their votes to stop the

As Chiaria Bottici notes in A Philosophy of Political Myth, this Sorel 's text 'clearly has an activist intent: to develop a severe critique of the parliamentary socialists and their neglect of the primary role played by proletarian violence in history ' (Bottici 2007, 159). In Reflections on Violence Sorel tries to develop a specific revolutionary ethics which will be true to the genuine Marxism. He explicitly states that the task of his study is 'to deepen our understanding of moral conduct ' (Sorel 2004, 40). It is crucial that moral conduct is associated here with political practices and, ultimately, with proletarian

In dystopian literature, it is critical that we understand that the manipulation of thought as a technique for control. This is in evidence in the texts Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, The Circle, by Dave Eggers, Equilibrium directed by Kurt Wimmer and 1984 by George Orwell. These texts epitomise the manipulation language and informed historical events, enabled by the colossal advancement of technology. These points revolve around the ideas of ingrained conditioning, which fuels conformity and consumerism. The manipulation of language can determine how people perceive the world.

Gellner prvides a functionalist view of then nationalism. This is completely contrary to Mrx, for whom the modern era and indutrialization is a step towards the abolition of nationalism. Gellenr’s ideas are nor based on an economic interpretation a la Marx. But rather Gellner is describing the superstructure of national polity and the family system of social relationships, that form as a result of capitalism.

Dictators such as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Benito Mussolini rose to power in Europe during 1919-1939. Factors such as poor economy, desperate need for purpose, and fear made Europe grasp onto their final hope--dictators. The rise of nationalism was due to the fall of monarchy. Furthermore, the countries that suffered most from the war was filled with resentment and hatred. The false promises (made by dictators) gave weakened countries hope that one day, they will be powerful again.

This is a false ideal that society has believed and fed through mass media. The Marxist theory is on the ways one can help explain depression. “Marx’s main concern…the relationships and effects of economic structures on man and his social relationship (Furman, 2003). ” The theory helps in showing how society does have an impact on how some individual views themselves and can lead to the development of

At this point, anti-Semitism could be seen as a catalyst that triggered the rise of totalitarianism, and all of them have their roots in imperialism. Also Arendt puts into perspective political and economic differences between Russia and Germany – private versus state property, an idea of superiority of a race versus domination of proletariat. Likewise points out that there are some similarities- such as brainwashing of the masses by means of propaganda and control by fear. The ‘’totalitarian man’’ could be

2 Self (2000) describes three related elements of neoliberal discourse. Economically, markets are perceived as the most rational means of resource allocation; socially, markets are conceived as constituting a foundational set of individual

In his book “Culture War? The Myth of Polarized America”, Morris P. Fiorina, with the help of Samuel Abrams and Jeremy Pope, defines the culture war term as a “displacement of the classic economic conflicts that animated twentieth-century politics in the advanced democracies by newly emergent morals a religious ones.” Simply put, a culture war is the tendency for sides to become polarized when approaching social and economic issues. Fiorina proposes that the culture war so many believe exist is actually just a myth, conjured by different sides of the same story and misconceptions about the political status of the nation. His argument against this theory was that rather than most Americans being on one end of the spectrum or another,

He helped Nixon’s presidential campaign by capitalizing on the “backlash” against cultural and racial disorder. Agnew accused the society of being reckless and inexperienced for using tantrums and yelling matches as a form of protest in the radical movement. Agnew claimed that “America today is drifting toward Plato’s classic definition of a degenerating democracy… a democracy that permits the voice of the mob to dominate the affairs of government (S&L 79). To be a Platonic democracy is to be consumed with unnecessary desires. Agnew used this metaphor to emphasize how the government (particularly in the Kennedy and Johnson administration) has adopted new unnecessary programs of liberalism.