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1、TheneoliberalrevolutionStuartHallThatcher,Blair,Cameron-thelongmarchofneoliberalismcontinues.owdowemakesenseofourextraordinarypoliticalsituation:theendHofthedebt-fuelledboom,thebankingcrisisof2007-10,thedefeatofNewLabourandtherisetopowerofaConservative-Libe
2、ral-DemocraticCoalition?Whatsortofcrisisisthis?Isitaseriouswobbleinthetrickle-down,win-win,end-of-boom-and-busteconomicmodelwhichhasdominatedglobalcapitalism?Doesitpresagebusinessasusual,thedeepeningofpresenttrends,orthemobilisationofsocialforcesforaradical
3、changeofdirection?Isthisthestartofanewconjuncture?Gramsciarguedthat,thoughtheeconomicmustneverbeforgotten,conjuncturalcrisesareneversolelyeconomic,oreconomically-determined‘inthelastinstance’.Theyarisewhenanumberofcontradictionsatworkindifferentkeypractices
4、andsitescometogether-or‘con-join’-inthesamemomentandpoliticalspaceand,asAlthussersaid,‘fuseinarupturalunity’.Analysisherefocusesoncrisesandbreaks,andthedistinctivecharacterofthe‘historicsettlements’whichfollow.Thecondensationofforcesduringaperiodofcrisis,an
5、dthenewsocialconfigurationswhichresult,markanew‘conjuncture’.Myargumentisthatthepresentsituationisacrisis,anotherunresolvedruptureofthatconjuncturewhichwecandefineas‘thelongmarchoftheNeoliberalRevolution’.Eachcrisissincethe1970shaslookeddifferent,arisingfro
6、mspecificSoundingshistoricalcircumstances.However,theyalsoseemtosharesomeconsistentunderlyingfeatures,tobeconnectedintheirgeneralthrustanddirectionoftravel.Paradoxically,opposedpoliticalregimeshaveallcontributedindifferentwaystoexpandingthisproject.Theterm
7、‘neoliberal’isnotasatisfactoryone.Itsreferencetotheshapinginfluenceofcapitalismonmodernlifesoundsrecidivisttocontemporaryears.Intellectualcriticssaythetermlumpstogethertoomanythingstomeritasingleidentity;itisreductive,sacrificingattentiontointernalcomplexit
8、iesandgeohistoricalspecificity.Isympathisewiththiscritique.However,Ithinkthereareenoughcommonfeaturestowarrantgivingitaprovisionalconceptualidentity,providedthisisunderstoodasafirstapproximation.EvenMa