In his comment to my paper (Zanotto, 2019b), Edwin Buitelaar raises a valid concern regarding the overuse of the term ‘neoliberalism,’ suggesting that it has been thrown around without much explanation. Because it has been employed abstractly, it has lost its analytical value (so, maybe we should throw it away!). His comment also indicates a concern with the term being generally given a negative connotation. He and I seem to agree that the second concern is not a problem per se. As for the first concern, like Buitelaar, I am – and I hope all scholars are – concerned with the use of abstract terms to mean anything. Thus, like him, I would also like to see more ‘explaining’ done. This is exactly why I conduct research they way I do and why I wrote the paper he commented on. So, while I fully agree with a call for more ‘explaining’ rather than abstraction, I must disagree that my paper is an example of the latter.

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'Neolberalism：'扔掉还是扔掉？

Edwin Buitelaar在对我的论文发表评论（Zanotto，2019b）时，对``新自由主义''一词的过度使用提出了合理的关注，表明该词已被抛弃而没有太多解释。由于已被抽象地使用，因此它失去了分析价值（因此，也许我们应该将其丢弃！）。他的评论还表明，该术语通常被赋予否定含义。他和我似乎都同意，第二个问题本身并不是问题。关于第一个关注点，例如Buitelaar，我-希望所有学者都关注-使用抽象术语来表示任何东西。因此，像他一样，我也希望看到更多的“解释”。这正是我按照他们的方式进行研究的原因，也是我撰写他评论的论文的原因。所以，