Resisting Neoliberal Capitalism in Chile

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.

• 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.

“Rodriguez adds to this literature by exploring how renewed critiques of capitalism, informed by Marxist thought and produced by social movements, advance our understanding of social conflict and emancipatory politics. The main contribution of Rodriguez’s book is his effort to bring neo-Marxist thinking to the analysis of contemporary social movements.” (Hector Rios-Jara, Contemporary Political Theory, Vol. 20 (3), September, 2021)“This ambitious book is a welcome contribution to a sociology of social movements grounded in a reflexive dialogue between critical theory, social movement studies and empirical enquiry … . it is promising that there are clear signs that researchers are returning to a much-needed sociology of social movements emerging from a reflexive dialogue between critical theories, social movement studies and empirical enquiry.” (Malik Fercovic, LSE Review of Books, April 22, 2020)