Abstract

IPAR, Ezequiel. Habermas and the Neoliberalism. Valenciana [online]. 2021, vol.14, n.27, pp.223-249.  Epub Apr 23, 2021. ISSN 2007-2538.  https://doi.org/10.15174/rv.v13i27.593.

Habermas's theory did not deal directly with neoliberalism, but when one analyzes his work one can see that many of the concepts of this great "academic Marxist" have been directed at studying (and combating) the lasting effects of neoliberal transformations. From the point of view of the critique of neoliberalism, his ethics of discourse and his theory of democracy can be seen as an attempt to open the normative horizon from which to confront the instrumental and individualistic appropriation of the institutions of modern freedom and democracy. This reconstruction in the realm of a normativity still possible for our societies serves as a counterweight and allows us to study the ways in which neoliberalism overcomes its crises and confronts its critics. The curious zombie existence of neoliberal policy, its survival despite its contrasting destructive and predatory effects, the difficulty of implementing true democratic alternatives to that neoliberalism, all these problems are part of the critical theory in which Habermas has persevered for more than forty years. In this long journey, Habermas has left the trail of a true theory of contemporary neoliberalism that we propose here to review in a schematic and provisional manner.

Keywords : Jürgen Habermas; Critical Theory; Neoliberalism; Democracy; Ideology.

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