Critiquing Neoliberalism

Art and Activism in Post-Recession Dublin

Natalie Morningstar (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

300 Seiten

2025
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
9781836951391 (ISBN)

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Following the 2008 recession in Ireland, its creative economy reflects broader societal shifts, including rising nationalism. This book explores how young activists and artists, facing precarious housing and labour conditions, engaged in campaigns – particularly for reproductive rights and affordable housing.

Following the fallout of the 2008 recession in the Republic of Ireland, its creative economy is framed as a window onto a range of other shifts in contemporary Irish society, including the recent rise of Irish nationalism. This book follows a group of young activists and artists who were facing increasingly precarious housing and labour market and were involved in a range of activist campaigns – particularly for reproductive rights and social and affordable housing, critiquing what they referred to as ‘neoliberalism’.

Natalie Morningstar is a lecturer in Human, Social and Political Sciences at Fitzwilliam College and an affiliated lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Neoliberalism, Critique and the Anthropology of Politics

Part I: The Neoliberal City

Chapter 1. Mapping Neoliberalism

Chapter 2. The Value of the Gift

Part II: Forms of Critique

Chapter 3. Art and the Bricoleur

Chapter 4. Activism and the Engineer

Part III: Creativity and Transformation

Chapter 5. Class, Work and Creativity

Chapter 6. Housing and Irish Nationalism

Conclusion: Critique Refigured

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.08.2025
Reihe/Serie	WYSE Series in Social Anthropology
Zusatzinfo	Bibliography; Index; 21 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781836951391 / 9781836951391
Zustand	Neuware