The Circuit of Detachment in Chile: Understanding the Fate of a Neoliberal Laboratory

✍ Scribed by Kathya Araujo

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 80
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"This Element discusses the consequences for the social bond of the conjoint action of the economic and social model inspired by the premises of neoliberalism and of the powerful pressures for the democratization of social relations in Chilean society. It is based upon empirical research developed in the past fifteen years. The main argument in this Element is that these processes have had as one of their most important effects the generation of a circuit of detachment, that is, a process that leads to different forms of disidentification and distancing from logics and principles that govern social relations and interaction. It is a dynamic circuit consisting of four components: excess, disenchantment, irritation, and, finally, detachment. The Element analyzes this circuit and each of its components as well as its consequences for the social bond. It also includes a brief reflection on the impact of this circuit on the political bond"--

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title page
Copyright page
The Circuit of Detachment in Chile: Understanding the Fate of a Neoliberal Laboratory
Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 A Thesis
1.2 A Thesis in Context
1.3 The Making of a Thesis
2 Excessiveness
2.1 Neoliberalism and the Historical Condition
2.1.1 Neoliberalism As a Concept and Model
2.1.2 Neoliberalism Experienced
2.2 The Faces of Excessiveness
2.2.1 Excessiveness in Work
2.2.2 Excessiveness in the Management of Time
2.3 Excessiveness and Individuals
3 Disenchantment
3.1 The Neoliberal Promise
3.1.1 Ceilings and Borders
3.1.2 Poor Rewards
3.1.3 Deterioration
3.2 The Promise of Democratization
3.2.1 Equality and Subjects of Law
3.2.2 Merit
3.3 Disenchantments and the Social Bond
4 Irritation
4.1 The Faces of Irritation
4.1.1 Institutions
4.1.2 Anonymous Others
4.2 Factors in Irritation
5 Detachment
5.1 A Definition
5.2 Moral Reasons for Detachment
5.3 The Modalities of Detachment
5.3.1 Refuge
5.3.2 The New Start
5.3.3 Apparent Adherence
5.3.4 Adversarial Alternatives
6 The Circuit of Detachment and the Political Bond
6.1 Detachment and the Political Bond
6.2 Political Tasks in the Era of Detachment
6.2.1 The Understanding of the Relationship between Society and Politics
6.2.2 The Social Meaning of Institutional Politics
6.2.3 Polarized Ways of Representing Conflict
6.2.4 Politics and Authority
7 Final Reflections
Appendix
Investigation 1: Notion of Rights and Relationship with Norms in the Popular and Middle-Class Sectors
Investigation 2: Individuation Processes in Chilean Society
Investigation 3: Authority and Processes of Social Democratization in Chile
Investigation 4: Study of Inequalities and Street Interactions
Investigation 5: The Work of Individuals and the Constitution of Subjects in Chilean Society: Normative Ideals, Experiences, and Existential Anchors
Investigation 6: Authority and Power Asymmetries (NUMAAP)
Investigation 7: Transformations of the Relationship between the Public and Parties: A Study from the Perspective of Political Actors
Investigation 8: Problematization of Individualism in South America
References
Acknowledgments