![[attachments/The-Invisible-Doctrine-The-Secret-History-of-Neoliberalism-(&-How-It-Came-to-Control-Your-Life).jpg|height=240]] ## Review The invisible doctrine turned out to be relatively short and a lovely book. I have read Monbiot before, especially his articles signaling a lot of despair and borderline cynicism in The Guardian largely on ecological destruction and climate crisis. His writing clearly traces the colonial history behind large-scale macroeconomic change as well as the underlying politics and power, especially the power of wealth and the power of capital in analyzing the social and ecological events over the last decades. <br/><br/>He begins with tracing the origins of colonialism in the extractive enterprise on the Madera Islands and slowly moves through the history of political thought, especially the idea of liberty, liberalism etc. of course largely focusing on European and American thought. The latter is somewhat a major limitation of this book yet it is an excellent take down of the way power and wealth have together shaped politics and society in the form of the neoliberal enterprise in the last few decades. Overall an excellent introduction to the topic even if a more global perspective than what he has been able to bring is somewhat lacking. ## Reading status - Status: Read - My rating: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Date started / added: 2025/10/01 - Date finished: 2025/10/02 ## Metadata - Author: George Monbiot - Year: 2024.0 - ISBN13: ="9780241635902" - Shelves (Goodreads): —