Abstract

RODRIGUEZ URIA, Agustin. Thanatic Capitalism or Democratic Eros? Notes on "Lie and colonize: Unconscious obedience and neoliberal subjectivity", Nora Merlin's latest book. Rev. Pilquen. secc. cienc. soc. [online]. 2020, vol.23, n.3, pp.118-123. ISSN 1851-3123.

Nora Merlin's book contains an extensive investigation about contemporary capitalism's main domination mechanism: the production of subjectivity. Throughout twenty-three chapters and using multiple psychoanalytic categories, the author presents a set of theoretical formulations that allow us to understand the modalities of construction of the new subjectivities colonized by the mandates of capital. Secondly, Merlín analyzes the radical incompatibility between neoliberalism and democracy, and finally also proposes some elements to think about how to reconstruct an emancipatory political subject that allows a revitalization of democracy. Our notes examine the main arguments of the author, but also propose a specific reading key: inserting Merlin's positions within some of the main debates of contemporary social theory; particularly within the open discussions around the concept of hegemony formulated by Ernesto Laclau.

Keywords : Neoliberalism; Democracy; Capitalism; Emancipation; Populism.

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