Wendy L. Brown is an American political theorist whose work challenges conventional understandings of power and governance. She explores the impact of neoliberalism on subjectivity, culture, and political life, examining how market logic reshapes our desires and identities. Brown's rigorous analysis offers critical insights into the forces shaping contemporary society.
Wendy Brown diagnoses a late-modern nihilism that trivializes values-including truth itself-and reduces politics to narcissism and power-mongering. Rereading Max Weber, who saw a similar predicament in his own time, Brown seeks to reground political action in responsibility and reorient classrooms to the critical thinking citizens need today.
Helen and Wendy invite readers to explore a nostalgic journey through Australia's past, highlighting the values of hard work and the importance of family and friendships. The narrative captures the challenges and rewards of life in a simpler era, offering a heartfelt reflection on community and resilience.
Wendy Brown explains the hard-right turn in Western politics. She argues that neoliberalism's intensification of nihilism coupled with its accidental wounding of white male supremacy generates an apocalyptic populism willing to destroy the world rather than endure a future in which this supremacy disappears.
The narrative explores the author's journey from a bustling childhood through her experiences as a nun, and the transition into marriage and motherhood. It candidly addresses the challenges faced while living with a chronic illness, offering insights into personal growth and resilience. The book serves as a reflection on faith, identity, and the complexities of life’s various stages, shaped by the author's unique experiences.
Detailed contribution to a seldom-covered aspect of aviation history, the creation and development of all the many engines produced by Japanese aviation manufacturers from the First World War to the Second.
Exploring the multifaceted nature of love, this book delves into the passionate experiences of being a Red-hot Lover, where intense romance intertwines with emotional challenges and triumphs. It identifies various archetypes like Lovesick Lover and White Knight, encouraging readers to recognize their own passionate inclinations. The narrative emphasizes the balance between wild desires and intuitive connections, suggesting that embracing these traits can lead to creating a remarkable love story.
Political theorist Wendy Brown opens her brilliant and incisive new book, Undoing the Demos, with a clarion call: Western democracy is imperiled. According to Brown, democracy has grown gaunt as a consequence of an ascendant political rationality that, like an ideological autoimmune disorder, has assaulted its very fiber and futureDemocracy is the crux of the issueand by focusing on how it's been diminished Brown has written a book that deserves to be widely read. - Astra Taylor, Bookforum
The ideal of tolerance is only invoked once there is a conflict. But what does it mean to answer a conflict with a call for tolerance? Is tolerance a way of resolving conflicts or rather a means of sustaining them? Does tolerance help to turn conflicts into productive tensions or does it perpetuate underlying power relations? To what extent does tolerance hide its involvement with power and thereby constitute a form of de-politicization? Two major theoreticians and critics of tolerance – Wendy Brown and Rainer Forst – discussed such questions at the ICI Berlin, organized and moderated by Antke Engel. In an intense debate, in which fundamental issues between different critical traditions became visible despite political similiarities, both scholars discussed different notions of tolerance, their normative premises, limits, and political implications.
Exploring the concept of 'tolerance,' Wendy Brown presents a provocative analysis that uncovers its complex history and inherent ambiguities. The book critically examines the politics surrounding this liberal virtue, positioning it within the broader discussions of multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism, and democratic pluralism. As a rigorous contribution to the discourse on tolerance and its limitations, it is essential reading for those seeking a deeper understanding of contemporary societal dynamics.