Social Harm and Neoliberalism

The Problem of Ignorance

John Gregson (Author, Social Harm and Neoliberalism)

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Bristol University Press
20 November 2025

Violence in society; Sociology; Causes & prevention of crime

Series: Studies in Social Harm

This book links criminological, political, moral, and philosophical issues to offer a deeper understanding of the problem of social harm within the neoliberal environment.

Illustrated through case studies, John Gregson shows that social harms are a problem created not only by politics or economics, states or corporations, but also by the individualism that neoliberal societies encourage. He argues that key factors that deepen the problem of social harm include the neoliberal production of ignorance and subjectivity, along with liberal modernity itself.

By: John Gregson (Author Social Harm and Neoliberalism)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529223613
ISBN 10: 152922361X
Series: Studies in Social Harm
Pages: 188
Publication Date: 20 November 2025
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Further / Higher Education , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. Criminology and Social Harm 3. Theoretical Frameworks and Methodological Considerations 4. Explaining Neoliberalism 5. Agnotology and Social Structure 6. Governmentality and Subjectivity 7. Alasdair MacIntyre and the Critique of Liberal Modernity 8. Conclusion

John Gregson is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Leeds Beckett University.

Reviews for Social Harm and Neoliberalism: The Problem of Ignorance

‘A rich and innovative book. I especially liked Gregson’s pioneering rethinking of MacIntyre’s critique of individualist notions of rationality and the implications for understandings of power and moral agency. Highly recommended.’ Linsey McGoey, University of Essex 'This is a cogent theoretical analysis of the plethora of harms faced by populations across contemporary neoliberal societies, one located within an understanding of the various forms in which ignorance hides, maintains and exacerbates such harms, and exploring the inabilities of liberal individualism to mitigate, often even recognise, these. John Gregson’s book makes an original and significant contribution to our understandings of the dynamics and trajectories of social harm, with important insights as to how these might and should be resisted.' Steve Tombs, The Open University