From the road to serfdom to the road of uncertainty: Reflections on the subjectifications of precarious work

Abstract

This article seeks to reflect on the subjectifications of job insecurity. The neoliberal context that has fostered flexibility, along with annulling social rights, has fostered uncertainty in world citizenship. The forms of integration through work no longer have a place in the present, on the contrary the growing individuation has modified the ways of understanding social bonds, where short-term relationships have gained ground. Although a sector of the population has adapted (by pragmatism or resignation) to these new ways of life, there is a growing malaise in the population that does not see improvements in their quality of life and, on the contrary, only see an increase the social insecurity. This disaffection can have an impact on the perception of democracy, allowing it to be questioned as a satisfactory way of organizing life in society.