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Is Progressive-Populism Our Best Option in These Troubled Times? | PopMatters

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When order ruptures it leads to a state of crisis manifest in many ways, as we see emerging throughout the world. What can we do? We’re facing a crisis, writes American critical theorist Nancy Fraser. Given the rise of neo-fascism and the economic plight resulting from skyrocketing income inequality, precarious jobs and sinking economies, many would probably agree with her. Many in recent years have blamed the crisis on neoliberalism – the economic deregulation inherent to that ideology, favouring privatization and an unregulated free market, has fueled inequality and poverty, which in turn has fueled the rise of fascism, xenophobia, militarism and other social woes. But it’s not enough to blame neoliberalism, says Fraser in her latest work The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born: From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond. Neoliberalism is an economic-political system, not a worldview. In its place, Fraser offers a new analysis of the crisis and its cause. In place of simp

The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born Nancy Fraser Verso Apr 2019 We’re facing a crisis, writes American critical theorist Nancy Fraser . Given the rise of neo-fascism and the economic plight resulting from skyrocketing income inequality, precarious jobs and sinking economies, many would probably agree with her. Many in recent years have blamed the crisis on neoliberalism – the economic deregulation inherent to that ideology, favouring privatization and an unregulated free market, has fueled inequality and poverty, which in turn has fueled the rise of fascism, xenophobia, militaris

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