Resumen

ARAUJO, Kathya  y  MARTUCCELLI, Danilo. Problematizations of individualism in Latin America. Perf. latinoam. [online]. 2020, vol.28, n.55, pp.1-25.  Epub 02-Jul-2020. ISSN 0188-7653.  https://doi.org/10.18504/pl2855-001-2020.

This paper addresses the question of why, despite a widespread recognition of the existence of an important set of individualistic manifestations in Latin America, there is a strong reluctance in these societies to interpret themselves from the framework of individualism. It argues that understanding this paradox demands to take into account the vicissitudes of the tension between a specific process of individuation (agentic individuation) and a political and juridical individualism in its liberal version. To develop this argument five major problematizations are established and discussed.

Palabras llave : individuation; individualism; liberalism; corporatism; collective subject; neoliberalism; citizenship.