The Great Recoil: Politics after Populism and Pandemic Hardcover – August 31, 2021
by Paolo Gerbaudo (Author)
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What comes after neoliberalism?
In these times of health emergency, economic collapse, populist anger and ecological threat, societies are forced to turn inward in search of protection. Neoliberalism, the ideology that presided over decades of market globalisation, is on trial, while state intervention is making a spectacular comeback amid lockdowns, mass vaccination programmes, deficit spending and climate planning. This is the Great Recoil, the era when the neo-statist endopolitics of national sovereignty, economic protection and democratic control overrides the neoliberal exopolitics of free markets, labour flexibility and business opportunity.
Looking back to the role of the state in Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Hegel, Gramsci and Polanyi, and exploring the discourses, electoral programs and class blocs of the nationalist right and socialist left, Paolo Gerbaudo fleshes out the contours of the different statisms and populisms that inform contemporary politics. The central issue in dispute is what mission the post-pandemic state should pursue: whether it should protect native workers from immigration and the rich against redistributive demands, as proposed by the right’s authoritarian protectionism; or reassert social security and popular sovereignty against the rapacity of financial and tech elites, as advocated by the left’s social protectivism. Only by addressing the widespread sense of exposure and vulnerability may socialists turn the present phase of involution into an opportunity for social transformation.
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“With remarkable intellectual reach, Paolo Gerbaudo draws on centuries of political thought to analyse and tackle big questions arising from society’s ‘recoil’ from the failed project that was/is neoliberal globalisation. This is a vital and timely text for a fuller understanding of how the left should react to the pandemic in order to ‘build back better.’ ”
—Ann Pettifor, author of The Case for The Green New Deal
“A fascinating journey from neoliberal hegemony, through anti-globalist populist backlash, to the neo-statism of the pandemic world; it is a critical text for progressives seeking to orient themselves in a world marked by both dirigisme and cultural reaction. Gerbaudo rightly argues that a left populism in the post-pandemic world must centre on the deepening of political and economic democracy in order to combat a right-wing politics of domination and control.”
—Grace Blakeley, author of Stolen
“In this intriguing book that weaves together the ideas of authors such as Hegel and Polanyi, Paolo Gerbaudo follows the swinging pendulum of global capitalism moving from its expansive form to the inwardness of statism. The global crisis of 2008 and the pandemic have ushered in a great recoil in which Western capitalism looks like a giant pulled down by its own strength, and the return of the interventionist state is viewed as a possible solution to its ills.”
—Nadia Urbinati, author of Me, the People
“Counter-movements against neoliberal globalisation have been gathering momentum for a number of years, but are now reaching a critical mass. The Great Recoil provides a definitive account of how the nation state has been revived and transformed, bringing much-needed clarity and critique to the vast political questions of our present moment.”
—William Davies author of This is Not Normal
“What will replace neo-liberalism? Will it be a new big state capitalism overseen by a populist political right? In this timely and important book, Paolo Gerbaudo shows how the left can contest the meaning of sovereignty, protection, and control, and put forward its own progressive populism founded on economic and social inclusion, environmental sustainability, and radical republican politics.”
—Stuart White, Jesus College, Oxford
“Persuasive … [Gerbaudo’s] historical analysis gives his prescriptions for the left heightened urgency.”
—Jasmine Liu, Chicago Review of Books
“Gerbaudo avoids a simplistic account of neoliberalism … [he] is an astute and rigorous analyst, and The Great Recoil is perhaps the most thorough yet compact synthesis of the crises and challenges that have reset the parameters for state action in the twenty-first century.”
—Justin H. Vassallo, Baffler
“Stimulating.”
—Marco Bitschnau, LSE Review of Books
“Brilliant … essential reading for those interested in the current state of European social democracy.”
—Michael Burleigh, Literary Review
“Asks interesting questions for those looking to navigate a pathway between right-wing populism and liberal cosmopolitanism.”
—Eoin Ó Broin, Irish Times
About the Author
Paolo Gerbaudo is an Italian sociologist and political theorist based at King's College London where he acts as Director of the Centre for Digital Culture. He is the author of three books on social movements, politics and populism: Tweets and the Streets (2012), The Mask and the Flag (2017) and The Digital Party (2019). He regularly writes for various news media including The New Statesman and The Guardian.
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Publisher : Verso (August 31, 2021)
Language : English
Hardcover : 288 pages
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Claire
5.0 out of 5 stars From neoliberalism to neostatism
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 8, 2022
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Insightful analysis of the contemporary political moment and the shift from neoliberalism to neostatism via the populist 2010s
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5.0 out of 5 stars Post-neoliberal statehood
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Looking at the return of the state and the options for a post-neoliberal future from political philosophy. Very successful!
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===Sarah Jaffe rated it it was amazing
The left needs a theory of the state these days and Paolo is pointing us in the right direction.
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David Rankin
Jan 07, 2022David Rankin rated it it was amazing
An exploration of some of the most important and most contested notions of the past few years and very likely the coming years -- sovereignty, protection, control. Other than Mélenchon and a few others, the left leaves that terrain to the right, to its obvious detriment. The left needs to get serious about these notions or risks seeing the Great Recoil (the reaction to neoliberalism) completely absorded by the national populist right.
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The Great Recoil
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| Author | Paolo Gerbaudo |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
The Great Recoil: Politics After Populism and Pandemic is a 2021 book by Paolo Gerbaudo,[1][2][3][4] a professor of digital politics at King's College London.[5] The book examines the impact of the rise of populism in the 21st century and the COVID-19 pandemic on neo-liberalism. Gerbaudo argues that they have led to a "great recoil" from a dominant neo-liberal globalisation, including the emergence of a greater focus on state interventionism and greater prominence given to notions of national sovereignty in public discourse.[6] He then argues that the left needs to find a way to respond effectively to this recoil.[7]
Reception[edit]
Michael Burleigh of the Literary Review wrote that the book "should be essential reading for those interested in the current state of European social democracy."[8] Jasmine Liu of the Chicago Review of Books wrote that the book argues that the COVID-19 pandemic "has forced a brute reckoning with the ravages of neoliberalism" and that the book "convincingly pulls off is a postmortem of early 2000s utopianism of the type laid out in Empire."[9] Writing for Verso Books, Gabriel Hetland wrote that the book argues that "the vacuum left by the fall of neoliberal hegemony was first filled by right-wing nationalist populism" but that "Gerbaudo’s distinction between territorial sovereignty, controlled by the Right, and popular sovereignty, fails to capture the continuing salience that “the national question” has for the Left in regions such as Latin America."[10]
Marco Bitschnau of the University of Neuchâtel wrote that the book touches "extensively about sovereignty, protection and control, but the relationship between them remains opaque and many details appear superfluous" and that Gerbaudo's "analysis is more astute than the utopian dreams of the Occupy crowd. And yet, there are striking similarities, especially his conviction that we are witnessing a real paradigm shift rather than a straw fire."[11]
References[edit]
- ^ "Towards Neo-Statism: Paolo Gerbaudo's The Great Recoil • Protean Magazine". Proteanmag.com. October 13, 2021.
- ^ Broin, Eoin Ó. "What will politics look like after Covid? Eoin Ó Broin reviews two books with very different takes". The Irish Times.
- ^ "« Les États jouent le rôle de mécènes du capital » – Entretien avec Paolo Gerbaudo". Lvsl.fr. December 27, 2021.
- ^ "The Politics of Protection". Dissentmagazine.org. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Dr Paolo Gerbaudo". Kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ Gerbaudo, Paolo. "The great recoil of neoliberal globalization". Roarmag.org.
- ^ "We Need a Left Politics That Promises to Protect Average People". Jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Michael Burleigh - Age of the Pangolin". Literary Review.
- ^ Liu, Jasmine (September 3, 2021). "The Nation Strikes Back in "The Great Recoil: Politics after Populism and Pandemic"". Chicago Review of Books.
- ^ "Thinking The Great Recoil from the Margins". Versobooks.com.
- ^ "Book Review: The Great Recoil: Politics after Populism and Pandemic by Paolo Gerbaudo". Blogs.lse.ac.uk. November 29, 2021.
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