Historicizing the ideology of ‘the market’

The concept of the market is a linchpin notion in analysis contemporary capitalism. This article seeks to question how term has tended oscillate between two problematic types use: either underspecifying history and politics tied or, conversely, overloading with proliferation too many meanings applications. As way chart an alternative approach which can objectify critique some these patterns, this paper re-excavates ‘the market’ through historicization its ideological production consumption. In particular, argument brings political economy scholarship into conversation theoretical advances ideology, notably Michael Freeden’s so-called ‘morphological approach’. illuminates not only past usage patterns but also potency expression been refreshed within recent decades associated neoliberalism. way, dissection master category, aims contribute identifying more precisely what new neoliberal ecosystem.