Undoing the Demos: How Market Logic Rewrites Democracy
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
This episode explores Undoing the Demos by Wendy Brown as a systems-level analysis of neoliberal rationality, democratic erosion, and the transformation of citizens into human capital.
The discussion examines how market logic moves beyond economics and becomes a governing framework for institutions, education, law, and selfhood. Brown’s argument reveals a structural shift: democratic concepts such as equality, public goods, sovereignty, and collective self-rule are increasingly translated into competition…
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