Gustavo Robles
Post-Doc Fellow
Gustavo Robles is an IRGAC Postdoc Fellow working on the subjective dimensions in the current phase of neoliberal governmentality. He has been an Associated Professor at the National University of La Plata (Argentina), and carried out research stays at different German universities, including the University of Frankfurt, the University of Jena, and the Humboldt University of Berlin. His areas of interest are Critical Theory, contemporary political thought, philosophy of history, and social philosophy. Furthermore, he is an activist in different political and cultural collectives in Argentina and Germany related to issues such as human rights and immigrant working conditions.
InterviewIn our interview with Samir Gandesha we discuss the relation between authoritarianism, colonialism, and crisis – the climate crisis, the crisis of masculinity, and the crisis of the left, among others. In this context, “social anxieties become transformed into political fears through populist rhetoric”, Gandesha claims. But for him, authoritarian tendencies aren’t limited to the far-right; they are also at the very core of the moralizing spirit of the “woke” left.
By Börries Nehe and Gustavo Robles
Theory & ResearchThe recent electoral wins of social-democratic and liberal forces in several countries have brought the illusion of a democratic normalization. But it's only that — an illusion. The Far Right has deeply transformed the political culture and the ideological landscape in the long-term, and its emergence is closely related to the economic and social ravages of the past decades. This article explores the connections between global neoliberal transformations and the world becoming much more authoritarian.
