The double binds of neoliberalism : theory and culture after 1968

Abstract

This volume is concerned with helping to elucidate how, over the past fiftyplus years, the after-effects of the global 1968 uprisings have given rise to an array of double binds, of irreconcilable tensions without obvious solutions, across society, culture and critical thought. These double binds define the fate of resistance to capitalism today, helping account for the maze of impasses in which the left finds itself. We refer to this situation as the ‘double binds of neoliberalism,’ so as to foreground the disjunction between 1968’s revolutionary intentions and potentials, and its effects of co-optation by capitalism which has shown itself to be particularly effective at exploiting these tensions. [Excerpt from the Introduction]