The Protestantism of neoliberalism

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dc.contributor.authorRudnyckyj, Daromir
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-04T15:55:07Z
dc.date.available2025-06-04T15:55:07Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThis essay illuminates the affinity between of Protestantism and neoliberalism. Drawing on the insights of Max Weber and Michel Foucault, the essay demonstrates how both Protestantism and neoliberalism are premised on a common set of norms and ethical practices. In so doing, I seek to diagram the points of convergence between these two formations to account, in part, for the persistence of neoliberalism. The affinity between Protestantism and neoliberalism is evident in the fact that both entail the rationalisation of a totalising system, reflexive responsibilisation, recasting the pastoral function, the assimilation of labour, the compulsion for action in conditions of unknowability, and the economisation of power.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelFaculty
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
dc.identifier.citationRudnyckyj, D. (2024). The Protestantism of neoliberalism. Culture, Theory and Critique, 64(3), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735784.2024.2313602
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14735784.2024.2313602
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/22330
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCulture, Theory and Critique
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectassimilation of labour
dc.subjectMax Weber
dc.subjectMichel Foucault
dc.subjectneoliberalism
dc.subjectProtestantism
dc.titleThe Protestantism of neoliberalism
dc.typePostprint

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