Social Harm and Neoliberalism

John Gregson is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Leeds Beckett University.

• 1. Introduction: The Problem of Social Harm2. Harm Causation and Sustainment3. Ignorance, Social Harm, Neoliberalism4. Agnotology and Crisis Narratives: Finance, Austerity and Health5. Governmentality, Subjectivity, Agnotology6. The Problem of Liberal Modernity7. Social Practices and Communities of Resistance8. Conclusion

‘A rich and innovative book. I especially liked Gregson’s pioneering rethinking of MacIntyre’s critique of individualist notions of rationality and the implications for understandings of power and moral agency. Highly recommended.’ Linsey McGoey, University of Essex