Um diálogo entre Michel Foucault e a economia solidária: relação entre práticas de liberdade e autogestão: um estudo de caso da cooperativa Teia Ecológica

Abstract

The present work aims to establish the relation between the practices of freedom, which were showed by Michel Foucault and the self-management, a propagated principle in cooperatives of Solidarity Economy; it also aims to accomplish a study of Ecological Web Cooperative of Pelotas. The methodology used was the qualitative field search. As a form of data collect the bibliographic and field searches were used. In the field search interviews with six people from cooperatives were accomplished. The study proposal has searched to analyze the forms of disruption of the relation of domination, exploration and subjection present in humans’ relationships. With this aim the practices of freedom mentioned by Michel Foucault have been analyzed as a form of resistance on the mechanisms of subjection. To get this it was necessary to approach the way done from the Foucault’s thoughts to the practices of freedom which are in relation to the analysis of power. Foucault’s analysis about power have been showed so the productive approach of power has been highlighted, it was developed in the modernity from two actions featured as Biopower: discipline and biopolitics. Furthermore, the self-management as resistance has been investigated and a form of management featured in the worker action for aiming the direct control on the worker on his own work. With this proposal some worker struggles whose the self-management had been evidenced, were rescued. It was also possible to identify the early historical of Solidarity Economy. With this perspective, the analysis involving the principle of self-management in the Solidarity Economy has been happened to established a counterpoint in relation to conventional companies were capitalist production prevails. Thus the self-management is a way of resistance and a way to create new spaces and conditions to the worker’s freedom and autonomy appear in their daily work. The study has highlighted that with the perspective of resistance is possible to relation the practices of freedom and self-management, because both aim to refuse a condition of subjection and domination and from some gaps to create a new possibility of lifestyle.