Procesos de subjetivación en el contexto neoliberal. El caso de la evaluación del profesorado y la investigación universitaria

Abstract

The aim of this article is to propose a critical reflection on the subjective effects of assessment practices at work in the context of neoliberal governmental rationality. We address this inquiry to the professors’assessment at university. To this end, we propose to organize this paper in two large sections. In the first one, we analyze four points that we consider relevant in order to analyze the main features of neoliberal rationality: expertocracy; psychologizing and individualization; approval of social spheres and governmental rationality as a producer/consumer of freedom. The second part of the paper focuses on a reflection on the main features of professor’s assessment as a technique of government and its subjective effects. We conclude on the need to shift the debate on assessment towards the public domain.