Abstract

The aim of this work is to question the neoliberal governance standing from Michel Foucault’s philosophy. The starting point is that Foucaultian reflection is able to trigger a characterization of neoliberal rationality which can show the connection between freedom, individual and government. Likewise, the hypothesis of this writing holds that Foucault’s notion of ontology of actuality allows to criticize in a quite radical way the identities that the neoliberal logic imposes. From this point of view, it will be possible to see the precise sense of ethical and political actions which, not disregarding the individual autonomy and the communal bond, are able to resist the regime of power, knowledge and subjectivity that neoliberalism attempts to impose.