Problematizacija politike sadašnjosti: od liberalizma do neoliberalizma (kritička rekonstrukcija Foucaultovog opisa neoliberalizma)
Problematization of the politics of contemporaneousness: From liberalism to neoliberalism

Summary/Abstract: Foucault's reflections regarding both the diagnosis and prospection deserve attention. Rather than follow a mere description of these reflections this article discusses a) the existence of ideological aspects in regard to neoliberalism, b) ontological approach in relation to the power and freedom. The French thinker realizes the reconstruction of (neo) liberalism on the basis of problematization of governmental rationality. He emphasizes the caesura between liberalism and neoliberalism focusing on the meanings of natural ontology, market, and especially, competition. First, the author of the article exposes the critique of the account of neoliberalism centering on the German ordo-liberalism. Then he discusses the criticisms concerning Foucault in terms of neoliberalism on the occasion of: a) position towards neoliberalism, b) non-reflected notion of visibility, c) ignorance of the logic of separated economic sphere d) reducing of economic agents under the banner of governmental rationality. It is suggested that a) Foucault`s clarification of neoliberalism is to be interpreted in terms of simultaneity of power and resistance, b) the domain of power is to be expanded by the synergetic forms of power.

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