Immanent Critique, Enabling Myths, and the Neoliberal Narrative

Wrenn, Mary V.

Abstract

© 2015, © 2015 Union for Radical Political Economics. This research aims to untangle and critically assess the core enabling myths of neoliberalism. The first step is to outline in brief the method of immanent critique, how it works, as well as its advantages and possible limits. The next step is to use immanent critique to strip the neoliberal narrative to its core, organizing myths: the myths of privatization, deregulation, and retrenchment of the welfare state.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 24, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Sep 25, 2015
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 7, 2019
• Journal: Review of Radical Political Economics
• Print ISSN: 0486-6134
• Electronic ISSN: 1552-8502
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 48
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 452-466
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0486613415605074
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/908330
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0486613415605074
• Additional Information: Additional Information : © 2016. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications