La política, entre la pena y la canción. O la licuación de la política, un legado del neoliberalismo
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2015
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El artículo cuestiona los fundamentos neoliberales
que postulan la restauración del mercado
y su afirmación como “la autoridad social” por
excelencia, proposición que desplaza el ámbito
o la instancia de la decisión final de lo político
a lo social y consagra la escisión entre Estado
y sociedad. Frente a la pretensión de reducir la
política a un espacio tecnocrático y la condición
de ciudadano a la de mero votante (cuando no
sólo mero consumidor), se reivindica la necesidad
de la política como instrumento necesario
para enfrentar los efectos perversos del neoliberalismo,
entre los cuales destaca la fragmentación-disgregación
en la base de la sociedad y
la concentración en el vértice. Esa díada desestructura
a los sujetos socio-políticos y, por ende,
incrementa las dificultades de los mecanismos
de mediación/representación.
Frente a la pretensión y la intención de los neoliberales
de licuar la política, de reducirla a nada,
el artículo postula levantar el derecho a rebelarse,
una tarea nada fácil, porque el neoliberalismo
puede haber perdido batallas en materia de
políticas económicas –como lo prueban varias
experiencias en lo que va del siglo–, pero no ha
perdido todas y menos aún la guerra. Ha obtenido
un formidable triunfo en el plano de las mentalidades.
Y con ellas puede regresar.
This article questions the neoliberal principles that postulate the restoration of the market and its assertion as “social authority” par excellence, which moves the instance of final decision from the political to the social field and establishes the division between state and society. Faced with the intention of reducing politics to technocratic space and the status of citizen to that of a mere voter (and even a mere consumer), it is necessary to define politics as an instrument to address the perverse effects of neoliberalism, including disintegration fragmentation in the base of society and concentration in the vertex. This dyad dis-structures the socio-political subjects and, therefore, increases the difficulties of mediation/representation. Given the neoliberal claims and intentions of liquefying politics, by reducing it to nothing, this article claims the right to rebel, not an easy task, because neoliberalism may have lost battles in the field of economic policies, as it is shown in several experiences so far, but it has not lost all of them, let alone the war. It has earned a formidable victory in the field of mentalities. And through them, it can make its return
This article questions the neoliberal principles that postulate the restoration of the market and its assertion as “social authority” par excellence, which moves the instance of final decision from the political to the social field and establishes the division between state and society. Faced with the intention of reducing politics to technocratic space and the status of citizen to that of a mere voter (and even a mere consumer), it is necessary to define politics as an instrument to address the perverse effects of neoliberalism, including disintegration fragmentation in the base of society and concentration in the vertex. This dyad dis-structures the socio-political subjects and, therefore, increases the difficulties of mediation/representation. Given the neoliberal claims and intentions of liquefying politics, by reducing it to nothing, this article claims the right to rebel, not an easy task, because neoliberalism may have lost battles in the field of economic policies, as it is shown in several experiences so far, but it has not lost all of them, let alone the war. It has earned a formidable victory in the field of mentalities. And through them, it can make its return
Palabras clave
Neoliberalismo, Política, Ciudadanía, Neoliberalism, Policy, Citizenship