Counterpublics, subalternity, conservative contestation: political crisis through Nancy Fraser’s eyes
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https://doi.org/10.5007/1677-2954.2025.e106970Palabras clave:
Counterpublics, Subalternity, Public Sphere, Conservative Populism, Critical Theory, Progressive NeoliberalismResumen
This article analyzes the concept of counterpublic and considers its importance in the understanding of different political conflicts. First, I present Nancy Fraser’s initial formulation of the concept in which she characterizes the more plural and counter-hegemonic features of new social movements – the subaltern counterpublics. After that, I consider a change in Fraser's diagnosis where the concept of counterpublic is tied to an ambiguity created by the consequences of progressive neoliberalism and the reactions of conservative groups to economic and political crises. The conclusion just underlines the specificity of critical-normative concepts, arguing that, in certain contexts, the concept of counterpublic meets the theoretical requirements necessary to contribute to the production of diagnoses of the present time.
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