Abstract
The aim of this paper is to examine Stuart Hallʼs interpretation of moral panics developed in the 1970s and to clarify its ties with his theory on neoliberalism developed in the 1980s. According to Hall, moral panics were the phenomena that were based on a sense of fear people felt and that were going to get temporary emotional stability by cracking down hard on deviating groups. This paper points out Hall believed that moral panics became the basis for the rise of Thatcherism. Therefore, this paper is a trial to understand the beginning of the long-term project that Hall calls “The Neoliberal Revolution” and to understand the mechanism of power reinforcement of neoliberalism.
