On the constitutive effects of contingent associations

Proposing a non-moralistic critique of the changes to neoliberal capitalism post-crisis, Konings provides a refreshing take on the dynamics of financial governance, emphasizing the way linkages between state and finance are structured by a speculative logic internal to neoliberalism. In this essay,...

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Main Author: Matthias Thiemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2018-11-01
Series:Finance and Society
Online Access:http://financeandsociety.ed.ac.uk/article/view/2873
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spelling doaj-e8e3ffced4ab4f91bc280473d98425a32020-11-25T00:06:21ZengUniversity of EdinburghFinance and Society2059-59992018-11-01421939810.2218/finsoc.v4i2.28732873On the constitutive effects of contingent associationsMatthias Thiemann0Sciences PoProposing a non-moralistic critique of the changes to neoliberal capitalism post-crisis, Konings provides a refreshing take on the dynamics of financial governance, emphasizing the way linkages between state and finance are structured by a speculative logic internal to neoliberalism. In this essay, I raise a number of questions about this characterization of neoliberalism, focusing on issues of agency and durability. First, does the turn to systems theory allow for a satisfactory account of the role that agency has played in the historical expansion of neoliberalism? And second, is it possible to envisage an end to neoliberalism when neoliberalism is so closely identified with capital dynamics in general?http://financeandsociety.ed.ac.uk/article/view/2873
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description Proposing a non-moralistic critique of the changes to neoliberal capitalism post-crisis, Konings provides a refreshing take on the dynamics of financial governance, emphasizing the way linkages between state and finance are structured by a speculative logic internal to neoliberalism. In this essay, I raise a number of questions about this characterization of neoliberalism, focusing on issues of agency and durability. First, does the turn to systems theory allow for a satisfactory account of the role that agency has played in the historical expansion of neoliberalism? And second, is it possible to envisage an end to neoliberalism when neoliberalism is so closely identified with capital dynamics in general?
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