ABSTRACT
Hollander focuses on Argentina as the principle example of the era in which most Latin American militaries, having accomplished their historic task of stabilizing global south capitalism through the repression of oppositional movements and ideologies, returned to the barracks, leaving their governments in the hands of corrupt politicians whose nominally democratic administrations implemented neoliberal policies to the exclusive benefit of the privileged. The chapter takes up two issues of import relevant to contemporary U.S. political crises: Argentina’s national struggle over accountability of its military leaders who violated the laws of the land along with the human rights of their own citizens and the appalling impact of neoliberalism that led to the country’s complete economic meltdown in 2001. Hollander explores how in both instances, progressive psychoanalysts figured prominently, first as advocates of the principle of accountability in the healthy functioning of democracy and, second, as participants during the economic crisis in the grassroots social movements that implemented reparative solutions to their leaders’ dysfunctional neoliberal policy priorities.
