Course schedule

NB: For a more detailed description of the class topic and assigned reading, please see the course page on Moodle.

Week 1: Introduction: Course overview. What is neoliberalism?

Week 2: A brief history of neoliberalism.

Week 3: Intellectual roots of neoliberalism I: Freedom or socialism?

Week 4: Intellectual Roots of Neoliberalism II: Hayek's critique of mass democracy; Liberal versus conservative aspects of Hayek's thought.

Week 5: Marxist Critique of Neoliberalism I: Neoliberalism and Class Power.

Week 6: Marxist Critique of Neoliberalism II: Neoliberalism and Imperial Power.

Week 7: Michel Foucault’s Critique of Neoliberalism (i).

Week 8: Michel Foucault’s Critique of Neoliberalism (ii).

Week 9: Neoliberal governmentality and democracy (i).

Week 10: Neoliberal governmentality and democracy (ii).

Week 11: Neoliberalism and neoconservatism.

Week 12: Neoliberal hegemony and the current rise of right-wing populism.