Foucault-phobia and the problem with the critique of neoliberal ideology

A response to Downey et al

Bibliographic Data

ID11638536
AuthorsSimon Dawe (0000-0001-9726-8852, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, corresponding author), Simon Dawes (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier)
Year2015
Volume38
Issue2
Pages284-293
Publication date2015-12-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0163443715610922
OpenAlexW2336647821
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited39

Among a spate of recent articles addressing the legacy of Stuart Hall’s work on ideology and the media, John Downey, Gavan Titley and Jason Toynbee have recently argued for the urgent need to recover the key dimensions of Hall’s ideology critique. While affirming the need for an effective critique of neoliberalism, this article takes issue with two aspects of Downey et al.’s article: first, their principal claim that ideology critique has been marginalised within the neoliberal academy, and second, their flippant dismissal of the benefits of a Foucauldian approach for critiquing neoliberalism and thinking more reflexively about ideology

Dismissal · Epistemology · Ideology · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Philosophy · Political and Economic history of UK and US

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