Wendy Brown Neoliberalism Summary

In Wendy Brown's critique of neoliberalism, she raises many points as to why neoliberalism is changing the way that politics are run. Brown believes that, although not directly, this phenomenon of neoliberalism is putting our politics in jeopardy. She states throughout the chapter that with this increase of economics in politics our democracy will not last.

Brown states in her book, "Thus one important effect of neoliberalization is the vanquishing of liberal democracy's already anemic homo politicus, a vanquishing with enormous consequences for democratic institutions, cultures, and imaginaries." She is essentially saying that with the rise of neoliberalism comes the fall of the way we know politics to be run. She brings up the contrast