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.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the key ideas and figures within the field of contemporary critical social theory Offers an informative study of two cases of 'critique in movement' in Chile Contains research from field work and interviews

Autorentext

Juan Pablo Rodríguez received an M.A in Social and Political Thought from the University of Birmingham (2010) and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Bristol (2018). He has worked as researcher and part-time lecturer in Chilean universities, teaching modules on classic, modern and contemporary sociological theory, political sociology and social movements. Juan Pablo Rodríguez's research interests include social theory, neo and post Marxism, and social movements, especially contemporary housing, student and socio-environmental movements. He is currently an honorary research associate at the University of Bristol and a visiting postdoctoral research fellow at the Latin American Centre (LAC), University of Oxford.

Inhalt

1. Chapter 1. Introduction: Chile and the renewal of social critique.- 2. Chapter 2. Critical Theories and Social Critique.- 3. Chapter 3. Social Critique and the Aesthetic of Cognitive Mapping.- 4. Chapter 4. Social Movements Studies and Social Critique.- 5. Chapter 5. From 'Laboratory' to 'Paradise': 40 Years of Neoliberalism in Post-Transitional Chile.- 6. Chapter 6. Mapping the Neoliberal City: Pobladores Resisting Social Fragmentation in Chile.- 7. Chapter 7. Mapping the Neoliberal Education System: The 2011 Chilean Student Movement.- 8. Chapter 8. Pobladores and Students Resisting Neoliberal Capitalism in Chile.