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"Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism and Political Life"

Date:
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Location:
Young Library Auditorium
Speaker(s) / Presenter(s):
Wendy Brown

Wendy Brown, First Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley, is a scholar of Western political thought, both historical and contemporary, who aims to make political theory illuminate contemporary problems. She is a visiting faculty member of the University of London (Birkbeck) Critical Theory Summer School. Her current research examines challenges for democracy generated by neoliberal governance and austerity politics. Recent books include Walled States, Waning Sovereignty; Regulating Aversion: Tolerance in the Age of Empire and Identity; and Edgework: Critical Essays in Knowledge and Politics.