Subjetividade e desamparo: um olhar winnicottiano sobre a racionalidade neoliberal

Abstract

We understand the potential problems in discussing subjectivities from the writings of such different thinkers like Foucault and Winnicott. However, in this study, the aim is to provide a possible Winnicottian counterpoint to the analyzes carried out by Foucault regarding subjectivity in neoliberal rationality. We propose a reflection about the constitution of subjectivity in neoliberal political rationality. As we have seen, it builds individuals psychically focused on a certain level of individualism to the detriment of ethics and otherness. After a discussion on the dynamics of human capital formation, as presented by Foucault, and the introduction of the fundamental notions about this specific constitution of subjectivity, we carry out a counterpoint. We will introduce the elementary points of Winnicott's theory of maturation to think about possible psychic consequences that neoliberal rationality, producing subjects focused on the competition, imposes on these subjective structures.