Social Harm and Neoliberalism, livre ebook

The inter-disciplinary approach that the book takes in explaining the problem of social harm – in particular, the way that moral philosophy is important to explaining criminological and sociological issues

This book links criminological, political, moral, and philosophical issues to offer a deeper understanding of the problem of social harm within the neoliberal environment.

Illustrated through case studies, John Gregson shows that social harms are a problem created not only by politics or economics, states or corporations, but also by the individualism that neoliberal societies encourage. He argues that key factors that deepen the problem of social harm include the neoliberal production of ignorance and subjectivity, along with liberal modernity itself.

1. Introduction: The Problem of Social Harm

2. Harm Causation and Sustainment

3. Ignorance, Social Harm, Neoliberalism

4. Agnotology and Crisis Narratives: Finance, Austerity and Health

5. Governmentality, Subjectivity, Agnotology

6. The Problem of Liberal Modernity

7. Social Practices and Communities of Resistance

8. Conclusion