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In: Griot: Revista de Filosofia ; 21 (2021) 2 ; 115-131
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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.