This thesis deals with the issue of the emancipation of the individuum who is embedded in modern capitalist activity where debt plays an essential role. The reproduction of capitalism in the time of neoliberalism is based on debt since it allows capitalism to sustain and renew itself. Debt can therefore be regarded as the core of the capitalist social bond. This capitalist structure introduces and cultivates a certain type of an individuum which has effects on subjectivity since the debtor-creditor relationship represents both an economy and »ethics« leading to responsibility and guilt. By disciplining and subjecting the individuum debt also sets up a specific mode of existence. Accordingly, we introduce the concepts of homo economicus and the indebted man which we try to connect together. In modern capitalism, debt has a grip on us, which is why we understand it as a constraint that restricts the human freedom to act. Therefore, an interference in the debtor-creditor relationship would be an emancipatory act that would potentially shake up the existing capitalist relations. However, we problematize the attitude towards indebtedness itself, which is becoming a new way of governmentality.
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