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forged in the crucible of European fascism

[...] Forged in the crucible of European fascism, neoliberalism aimed at permanent inoculation of market liberal orders against the regrowth of fascistic sentiments and totalitarian powers. Eager to separate politics from markets, the original neoliberals would have loathed both the crony capitalis…

—p.9 In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West Introduction (1) by Wendy Brown
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neoliberal rationality prepared the ground

This book addresses these issues by theorizing how neoliberal rationality prepared the ground for the mobilization and legitimacy of ferocious antidemocratic forces in the second decade of the twenty-first century. The argument is not that neoliberalism by itself caused the hard-right insurgency in…

—p.7 Introduction (1) by Wendy Brown
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(let me tell you)

But

this is the version of the archives (the scraps of paper, the lists of births and deaths, the history books and silence), that is a novel.

And so

(let me tell you)

Having taken a new name, living in the south of a continent spanning half the side of the planet Clitemnestra marr…

—p.429 There Are More Things Epilogue (427) by Yara Rodrigues Fowler
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the world stretched itself for them

Catarina put her hand up. She spoke loudly to project her voice.

Melissa watched as Catarina spoke, she heard the curves and corners of her accent. Catarina gesticulated. Behind Catarina’s hands and the profile of her face, the buildings turned blue under the lilac sky.

The blue buildings and…

—p.399 MILE END IV (2017) (391) by Yara Rodrigues Fowler
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we took Battersea too

No one slept. They stayed up all night. Melissa and Catarina watched the results come in at Ivy’s flat in Stockwell. They were drinking beers and gin and wine and eating pizzas. When the exit poll came they started to shout and grab each other. Femi called Melissa at 1am.

We kept Tooting. By ove…

—p.396 MILE END IV (2017) (391) by Yara Rodrigues Fowler