The DOI matches its Crossref record; 64 of the 64 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
Millennial Capitalism and the Culture of Neoliberalism
Abstract
We live in difficult times, in times of monstrous chimeras and evil dreams and criminal follies.-JosephConrad, Under Western EyesThe global triumph of capitalism at the millennium, its Second Coming, raises a number of conundrums for our understanding of history at the end of the century.Some of its corollaries-''plagues of the 'new world order,' '' Jacques Derrida (1994: 91) calls them, unable to resist apocalyptic imagery-have been the subject of clamorous debate.Others receive less mention.Thus, for example, populist polemics have dwelt on the planetary conjuncture, for good or ill, of ''homogenization and difference'' (e.g., Barber 1992); on the simultaneous, synergistic spiraling of wealth and poverty; on the rise of a ''new feudalism,'' a phoenix disfigured, of worldwide proportions (cf.Connelly and Kennedy 1994). 1 For its part, scholarly debate has focused on the confounding effects of rampant liberalization: on whether it engenders truly global flows of capital or concentrates circulation to a few major sites (Hirst and Thompson 1996); on whether it undermines, sustains, or reinvents the sovereignty of nation-states (Sassen 1996); on whether it frees up, curbs, or compartmentalizes the movement of labor (see the Geschiere and Nyamnjoh essay in this volume); on whether the current fixation with democracy, its resurrection in so many places, implies a measure of mass empowerment or an ''emptying out of [its] meaning,'' its reduction ''to paper'' (Negri 1999: 9;Comaroff and Comaroff 1997). 2 Equally in question is why the present infatuation with civil society has been accompanied by alarming increases in civic strife, by an escalation of civil war, and by reports of the dramatic growth in many countries of domestic violence, rape, child abuse, prison populations, and most dra-
Overview
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“Precarity, chance, and error, are structurally entwined with divination and intensified in the current socioeconomic climate”
From Four Pillars and Four Diviners: Fate, Fluidity, and Invention in Horoscopic Saju Divination in Contemporary South Korea (2019) · cites this paper as Comaroff and Comaroff 2001
In the citing paper
“The gothic movement, as well as voodoo religion, are not simply en vogue lifestyles, or themes for Hollywood films;; both have been shaped by neoliberal globalization, and subjected to its vampirism (Shaviro, 2002;; Comaroff & Comaroff, 2001).”
From Gothic "Voodoo" in Africa and Haiti (2019) · cites this paper as Comaroff & Comaroff, 2001
Citations
Cites
Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
Sears, L. J., & Anderson, B. (1994) · Journal of the American Oriental Society · doi:10.2307/604991 · Cited by 12,508
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy
Marx, K. H. (2020) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1515/9780822390169-009 · Cited by 9,880
The condition of postmodernity: an enquiry into the origins of cultural change
(1990) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.27-5886 · Cited by 4,790
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
(2006) · Habermas · doi:10.4324/9780203020166-5 · Cited by 4,779
From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology
Thorne, S. E., Gerth, H. H., & Mills, C. W. (1946) · The Yale Law Journal · doi:10.2307/793261 · Cited by 3,688
Specters of Marx: The State of the Debt, the Work of Mourning, and the New International
(2010) · Continuum eBooks · doi:10.5040/9781350250307-0200 · Cited by 3,661
The corrosion of character: the personal consequences of work in the new capitalism
(1999) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.36-5366 · Cited by 2,546
The Consumer Society: Myths and Structures
Baudrillard, J. (1998) · SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks · doi:10.4135/9781526401502 · Cited by 2,498
Notes on the Difficulty of Studying the State (1977)
ABRAMS, P. (1988) · Journal of Historical Sociology · doi:10.1111/j.1467-6443.1988.tb00004.x · Cited by 2,463
Losing control?: sovereignty in an age of globalization
(1997) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.34-3545 · Cited by 2,298
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Items 901–955 of 955
1. Casting the Land: Architectural Tactics and the Politics of Durability
Rijke-Epstein, T. (2023) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478027409-001
(2023) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478027409-009
(2023) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478027409-002
(2023) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478027409-007
4. Sedimentary Bonds: Treasured Mosques and Everyday Expertise
Rijke-Epstein, T. (2023) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478027409-004
(2023) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478027409-008
3. Storied Refusals: Labor and Laden Absences
Rijke-Epstein, T. (2023) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478027409-003
(2023) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478027409-xviii
Enchanted Worldviews and Violence Against Persons with Albinism in Sub-Saharan Africa
Benyah, F. E. K. (2024) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-40754-3_32
National Ghosts, Ghostly Nations
(2024) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478059691-006
(2024) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478059691-007
(2024) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478059691-005
(2024) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478059691-008
(2024) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478059691-004
“Undisciplined, Playful and Yet Bhadra ”
(2024) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478059691-002
(2024) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478059691-001
(2024) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478059691-009
(2024) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478059691-003
Clash of temporalities: Ephemerality and embodied time in Welcome to Our Hillbrow
Dörter, Ş. S. (2024) · Journal of Postcolonial Writing · doi:10.1080/17449855.2024.2411352
Stanziani, A. (2024) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781009444002.003
From Hegemony to Fragmentation: North American Cultural Anthropology over the Past Fifty Years
Palumbo, B. (2025) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-75052-6_12
Electoral Populism and Democratic Governance in Indian States: Boon or Bane?
Tripathy, S. K. (2025) · ShodhPatra: International Journal of Science and Humanities. · doi:10.70558/spijsh.2025.v2.i4.45162
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478060895-007
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478060895-003
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478060895-010
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478060895-001
Indian Ugandan, African Asian, or Both?
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478060895-006
Becoming a Racial Exile, Becoming a Black Nation
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478060895-002
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478060895-009
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478060895-011
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478060895-008
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478060895-012
Insecurities of Foreign Direct Investment
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478060895-005
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478060895-004
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478061441-001
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478061441-002
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478061441-003
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478061441-004
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478061441-007
(2025) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9781478061441-008
Doing Whiteness in the Classroom
Brown, A., & Reed, N. V. (2016) · Emerald Group Publishing Limited eBooks · doi:10.1108/978-1-68123-649-020251008
Revolutionary Sparks: Exploring the Resource Spillover Effect of Street Protests on Entrepreneurship
Xu, J. L., Wang, M. S., Hiatt, S. R., & Park, H. D. (2025) · Organization Science · doi:10.1287/orsc.2024.18885 · Cited by 1
Beauty precarity in a southern Philippine city
Taqueban, E. M. (2025) · Geographical Research · doi:10.1111/1745-5871.70043
Platform Power in International Political Communication
Massa, A. (2026) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-032-13937-5_1
The economics of care: Economic repertoires for analysing dilemmas in care
Bähre, E., & Coe, C. (2026) · Anthropological Theory · doi:10.1177/14634996251409359
“…promotes the market and market thinking; aggravates inequalities; increases violence; transforms religious imaginaries; and introduces new subjectivities that undermine human rights and generate anxiety (Comaroff and Comaroff, 2001; Elyachar, 2002; Isin, 2004; Lavinas, 2017; Molyneux, 2002).”
Loperfido, G. (2026) · Dialectical Anthropology · doi:10.1007/s10624-025-09809-4
Masculinity under pressure: urban precarity and the remaking of male subjectivities in Nairobi
Bhasa, M. P. (2026) · Subjectivity · doi:10.1057/s41286-026-00229-5
Retour à la nostalgie : administration des étrangers réguliers et subjectivations en exil
Fiedler, E. B. (2023) · theses.fr (ABES) · doi:10.70675/49a25630z4cc9z4ce1z8a44zf1ecdedc8597
Competition as participation: the collective struggle for a proper job
Mauksch, S., & Ludwig, S. (2026) · Africa · doi:10.1017/s000197202610182x
“…‘ contestification ’ and ‘ gamblification ’ create a collective hunt for inaccessible goods and turn people into subjects of luck (Da Col and Humphrey 2012; Comaroff and Comaroff 2001; Dolan and Gordon 2019; Fumanti 2015; Gaibazzi and Gardini 2015), whose labour of hope only reinforces their…”
InfluentialPsychosocial Barriers to Identity Formation Among African Children
Maphie, E. I. (2026) · IGI Global eBooks · doi:10.4018/979-8-3373-7744-5.ch007
MEDIAÇÃO DIGITAL, CONSUMO E PEDAGOGIAS DE GÊNERO NO CAMPO EVANGÉLICO BRASILEIRO
Almeida, M. (2026) · Revista del CESLA International Latin American Studies Review · doi:10.36551/2081-1160.2026.205-220
Social networks, institutional development, and entrepreneurship in China
Cai, J., Du, J., Wood, G., & Zhang, D. (2026) · Sociology · doi:10.1177/00380385261481653
Metadata
- Authors
- Comaroff, J.
- Corresponding author
- Jean Comaroff
- Venue
- Duke University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Published
- 2001
- OpenAlex
- W1759962466
- Cited by
- 954
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 63 · 2020: 50 · 2019: 83 · 2018: 55 · 2017: 38 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 41 · 2014: 34 · 2013: 66 · 2012: 42
- FWCI
- 57.24
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Duke University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Globalization and political ideologies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Economic and Social Issues
- Keywords
- neoliberalism, capitalism, end of the millennium, global capitalism, new world order, economic liberalization, capital flows, nation-state sovereignty, labor mobility, democracy, civil society, civil war, domestic violence, apocalyptic imagery
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review