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<p>There is growing consensus that we are undergoing a paradigm shift from neoliberalism to postneoliberalism. While the characteristics of postneoliberalism are still being determined, this study seeks to understand the characteristics of a potential postneoliberal subjectivity in the United States. This study draws upon Foucauldian governmentality and post-foundational discourse theory and analysis to examine how Project 2025, a document that is influencing numerous policies of the Trump administration, discursively constructs the “American Worker”. This provides insights into the subjectivity that is likely to emerge from postneoliberalism in the United States by showing how Project 2025 sees economic problems as rooted in a subjectivity that is "non-Christian", and that sees a conservative Christianity subjectivity as fundamental to re-establishing economic prosperity. Theoretically and methodologically, this study also indicates how discursive antagonisms are used by the technology of governmentality, which opens several avenues for future research.</p>

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Discursively Constructing the Postneoliberal Subject: Conservative Christianity and the American Worker in Project 2025

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    2025年9月1日

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  • Julie Steinkopf

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There is growing consensus that we are undergoing a paradigm shift from neoliberalism to postneoliberalism. While the characteristics of postneoliberalism are still being determined, this study seeks to understand the characteristics of a potential postneoliberal subjectivity in the United States. This study draws upon Foucauldian governmentality and post-foundational discourse theory and analysis to examine how Project 2025, a document that is influencing numerous policies of the Trump administration, discursively constructs the “American Worker”. This provides insights into the subjectivity that is likely to emerge from postneoliberalism in the United States by showing how Project 2025 sees economic problems as rooted in a subjectivity that is "non-Christian", and that sees a conservative Christianity subjectivity as fundamental to re-establishing economic prosperity. Theoretically and methodologically, this study also indicates how discursive antagonisms are used by the technology of governmentality, which opens several avenues for future research.