{"title":"Christian Laval","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristian Laval\u003c\/strong\u003e offers incisive explorations into contemporary political landscapes, challenging readers to reconsider the forces shaping society today. His works, including titles like \u003cem\u003eNever Ending Nightmare\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Choice of Civil War\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into themes of conflict, social unrest, and ideological struggles with a provocative and analytical perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrounded in politics and current affairs, Laval’s writing provides a thoughtful critique of modern power dynamics and the potential futures of political conflict. Readers can expect engaging narratives that illuminate the complexities behind societal upheaval and the choices that define our collective fate.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-choice-of-civil-war-by-haud-gueguen-9781804296189","title":"The Choice of Civil War","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy do neoliberal policies continue to be implemented and supported by electoral majorities, despite their obvious economic failures and the ever-increasing tensions they produce in society?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo understand this, we need to reread the history of neoliberalism less from the point of view of its economic recipes than of the construction of its political strategy to achieve power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Hayek to Thatcher and Pinochet, from Mises to Trump and Bolsonaro, and from Lippmann to Macron, neoliberals have drawn on ideology, constitutional economics, labour discipline, cultural wars as well as police and military force to prevent popular resistance from organising. And whatever their doctrinal differences, they all see the state's tight control of democracy as the most effective means of defeating egalitarian alternatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMargaret Thatcher’s \u003cem\u003e“There is no alternative”\u003c\/em\u003e was not a historical statement, but the strategic objective of neoliberalism. Neoliberalism can therefore persevere today by its ability to defeat its opponents while deepening social and cultural regression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47363020947692,"sku":"9781804296189","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10976193482830.jpg?v=1772913059"},{"product_id":"never-ending-nightmare-by-christian-laval-9781786634740","title":"Never Ending Nightmare","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow do we explain the strange survival of the forces responsible for the 2008 economic crisis, one of the worst since 1929? How do we explain the fact that neoliberalism has emerged from the crisis strengthened? When it broke, a number of the most prominent economists hastened to announce the ‘death’ of neoliberalism. They regarded the pursuit of neoliberal policy as the fruit of dogmatism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval, neoliberalism is no mere dogma. Supported by powerful oligarchies, it is a veritable politico-institutional system that obeys a logic of \u003cem\u003eself-reinforcement\u003c\/em\u003e. Far from representing a break, crisis has become a formidably effective mode of government.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn showing how this system crystallised and solidified, the book explains that the neoliberal straitjacket has succeeded in preventing any course correction by progressively deactivating democracy. Increasing the disarray and demobilisation, the so-called ‘governmental’ Left has actively helped strengthen this oligarchical logic. The latter could lead to a \u003cem\u003edefinitive exit from democracy\u003c\/em\u003e in favour of \u003cem\u003eexpertocratic governance\u003c\/em\u003e, free of any control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, nothing has been decided yet. The revival of democratic activity, which we see emerging in the political movements and experiments of recent years, is a sign that the political confrontation with the neoliberal system and the oligarchical bloc has already begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597324402924,"sku":"9781786634740","price":36.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781786634740-never-ending-nightmare.jpg?v=1777949248"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/christian-laval.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}