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  1. This list is not at all intended to be exclusive or to circumvent contributions from other prominent scholars whose culturally-oriented critiques of neoliberalism have had multidisciplinary impact, including Wendy Brown, Sara Ahmed, Jasbir Puar, and Judith Butler.

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Grzanka, P.R., Mann, E.S. & Elliott, S. The Neoliberalism Wars, or Notes on the Persistence of Neoliberalism. Sex Res Soc Policy 13, 297–307 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-016-0255-8

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