Julian Jestadt: "Capitalism and Crisis: Why Nothing Changes"
02. Jul
6:00 pm, C40.530
"Although the neoliberal era culminated in the most severe crisis since the Great Depression, we see the surprising resilience of neoliberal thinking and the concomitant state-market relationship. Why is that? Why does nothing change after the Global Financial Crisis? While French regulationist theory helps to explain the stability of the Fordist period of capitalism, to make sense of the neoliberal regulation of de-regulation, we need to turn to the neoliberal subject. The post-Fordist neoliberal regime of accumulation seems to hinge on a depoliticized subject, that is, a subject in constant crisis mode whereas the Fordist regime of accumulation brought about a more politicized subject. This might not only explain neoliberalism’s resilience despite crises but also the rise of diffuse hyperpoliticization."
This event is part of the colloquium on the disruptive condition.
(Queries to Anne Gräfe: anne.graefe@leuphana.de)