Abstract:

The following article aims to investigate the formation process of the Argentine neoliberalism after the fall of first peronism. For this, the article uses the methodological approach of Foucault’s archaeology and Laclau’s discourse theory. The materials to be analysed are the main works published by Álvaro Alsogaray, who was one of the highest references of Argentine neoliberalism. According to the argument developed, the Alsogaray’s neoliberalism was established based on: 1) the articulation with neoliberal ideas that circulated in Europe in the mid-twentieth century; 2) the definition of a new political antagonist formed by the equivalence relation between the peronism, developmentalism, radical party, social democracy and economic totalitarianism; and 3) the configuration of a political program intended for laying the basis of a “Social Market Economy”. Finally, the article notices how the antagonism contributed to define the political identity of the Argentine neoliberalism.

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