The Book of Revolt and the House of Rejection: On Neoliberalism and the Constitutional Process in Chile, 2019–22

As an introductory framework to the dossier, this essay analyzes Chilean political process based on images that (re)emerged with 2019 revolt and were deployed in constitutional channeled into a Constitutional Convention (2020–22). It shows how old ghosts of class, gender, nation appear these “mental images,” same have historically operated defeat transformative projects contributed reproduction authoritarian elitist society, whose neoconservative/neoliberal oligarchy has managed restore conditions its domination. The proposes observations stimulate reading essays make up which problematize different aspects under discussion: aporetic relationship between revolt, violence, law; citizenry's turn from desire community transformation expressed feeling fear attachment private property; writing as practice, support, challenge people's critical expression; tension performance failure reset neoliberal performativity; territorial deterritorializing wagers relation affective infrastructures became continue through other means.