Individual, work and neoliberalism

In the neoliberal society, which has molded the figure of a subjectivity that assumes risks and acts by their own means and by private initiative, economic processes are explained by the behavior of free and rational individuals who come to the market to insert themselves in its dynamics of competence. With this, the specific and objective conditions that define the social structure are lost sight of, which establishes the framework of possible action that covers individuals, in which they realize their ends. However, society is not only the result of the spontaneous action of the individuals that compose it. Thus, from some elements provided by the marxian conception of capitalist society, this article aims to highlight the need to establish the priority of the social structure, as it defines the field of action for individuals and conditions their results.