Resisting Neoliberal Capitalism In Chile: The Possibility Of Social Critique

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This book explores the relationship between recent theoretical debates around the fate of critique of neoliberal capitalism and critical theory, on the one hand, and the critical theories generated in and by social movements in Chile, on the other. By taking the idea of social critique as a field that encompasses both critical social theories and the practices of social criticism carried out by social movements, Resisting Neoliberal Capitalism in Chile explores how the student and the Pobladores movements map, resist and contest neoliberal capitalism in commodified areas such as education and housing in Chile, one of the first ‘neoliberal experiments’ in Latin America and the world. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction: Chile and the Renewal of Social Critique (Juan Pablo Rodríguez)....Pages 1-14 Front Matter ....Pages 15-15 Critical Theories and Social Critique (Juan Pablo Rodríguez)....Pages 17-54 Social Critique and the Aesthetic of Cognitive Mapping (Juan Pablo Rodríguez)....Pages 55-81 Social Movements Studies and Social Critique (Juan Pablo Rodríguez)....Pages 83-105 Front Matter ....Pages 107-107 From ‘Laboratory’ to ‘Paradise’: 40 Years of Neoliberalism in Chile (Juan Pablo Rodríguez)....Pages 109-117 Mapping the Neoliberal City: Pobladores Resisting Social Fragmentation in Chile (Juan Pablo Rodríguez)....Pages 119-158 Mapping the Neoliberal Education System: The 2011 Chilean Student Movement (Juan Pablo Rodríguez)....Pages 159-193 Pobladores and Students Resisting Neoliberal Capitalism in Chile (Juan Pablo Rodríguez)....Pages 195-211 Back Matter ....Pages 213-214