Reconsidering Habermas's Colonization Thesis: A Critical Theory of Neoliberalism
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Habermas warned that market logic would quietly devour the spaces where we reason together — this book asks whether neoliberalism finally proved him right.
Colonization of the LifeworldCritical TheoryCommunicative ActionNeoliberalism
Theory Briefing
- Habermas's colonization thesis argues that economic and bureaucratic systems invade everyday communicative life, eroding democratic deliberation.
- The book revisits this framework through the lens of neoliberalism, testing whether market-driven governance has weaponized the colonization process.
- By updating critical theory for the 21st century, it challenges readers to rethink how capitalism reshapes public reason itself.