Quinn Slobodian

Quinn Slobodian

Quinn Slobodian (born 1978) is a Canadian historian specializing in modern Germany and international history. He is currently a Professor of International History at Boston University, having previously held the Marion Butler McLean Professorship at Wellesley College and a fellowship at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

Slobodian earned his B.A. in history from Lewis & Clark College in 2000 and completed his Ph.D. at New York University in 2008. He is the author of several influential works, including Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism (2018) and Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy (2023). His research focuses on the intersections of race, migration, social movements, and international political economy.

As a co-editor of Contemporary European History, Slobodian has contributed to various academic journals and has held fellowships at institutions such as the Freie Universität Berlin. His scholarship critically examines neoliberalism and its historical roots, making him a significant voice in contemporary historical discourse.

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    Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism

    The Globalists pulls back the curtain on a powerful, often invisible movement—one that sought not to dismantle the nation-state, but to encase it in a legal and economic armor that would protect markets from the turbulence of democracy. Through the rise of neoliberal thought in the 20th century, it tells the provocative story of economists and visionaries who believed freedom was best safeguarded not by parliaments, but by institutions beyond the reach of the people. Can true democracy survive when sovereignty is traded for stability, and when markets are placed beyond the will of the majority? With piercing clarity and unsettling relevance, this book traces the quiet construction of a global order designed not for chaos—but for control. It is the intellectual history of a world remade behind closed doors.

    • Originally Published: March 2018
    • Publisher: Harvard University Press
    • Published: March 16, 2018
    • Genre: Neoliberalism
    • Pages: 400
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-0674979529
    • Access: Members