Revolution oder Evolution? Zum paradoxen Verhältnis von Neoliberalismus und Rechtspopulismus
摘要
The fusion of nationalism and a rhetoric of freedom may be the most paradoxical feature of far-right populism in the last decades. Researchers have described the rise of this reinvigorated right as the end of the neoliberal era of global free trade or the return of fascism, pointing to ruptures in the liberal order. Quinn Slobodian’s “Hayek’s Bastards” claims to the contrary that continuities prevail and shows how the rise of the libertarian right began within the neoliberal Mont Pelerin Society. His book not only demonstrates how the concept of freedom could be weaponized against the liberal order itself but also paves the way for an innovative intellectual history of libertarianism long overdue.