A neoliberal Foucault?
- At 1 June, 2018
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A NEOLIBERAL FOUCAULT?
[¿Un Foucault neoliberal?]
Edgardo Castro
Conicet / UNSAM
Miñones 2073, CP 1177, CABA, Argentina
edgardomanuelcastro@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
This article deals with Michel Foucault’s 1978 and 1979 courses on liberalism and neoliberalism. It aspires to elucidate the historical circumstances, the conception of liberalism as critical political rationality and its projections in Foucault’s subsequent research. Along the same lines, the article also makes some critical considerations about the reception of Foucault’s ideas about liberal and neoliberal thought.
Keywords: Liberalism, Political Left, Critic, Veridiction, Security.
