Neoliberalizacija apsolutnog duha: spiritualni mikro-otpori kao tržišni mehanizmi interpelacije
Neoliberalization of the Absolute Spirit: Spiritual Micro-Resistances as Market Mechanisms of Interpellation
Author(s): Goran KauzlarićSubject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Centar za ženske studije & Centar za studije roda i politike, Fakultet političkih nauka, Beograd
Keywords: capitalism; cult; market; spirituality; neoliberalism; New Age; guilt
Summary/Abstract: In this paper we examine the cultural and political implications of liberal spirituality, which is an integral part of the habitus in postmodern civil society. Considering it as a factor of socio-economic reproduction in contemporary liberal-democracies, we support the hypothesis that there is a functional relation between postmodern spirituality and social-material processes of neoliberalization. In certain respects, as an organic combination of New Age spirituality and neo-liberal philosophy, it provides an ideational environment for market economy, mechanisms of diverting social tensions and, ultimately, ideological justifi cation of the negative eff ects of contemporary capitalism.
Journal: Genero: časopis za feminističku teoriju i studije kulture
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 109-134
- Page Count: 26
- Language: Serbian