The (un)subjetivation through work in the uberitation era in Sorry, we missed you, by Ken Loach

Abstract

This paper analyses the movie Sorry, we missed you (2019), by the English filmmaker Ken Loach, to discuss relations about the processes of subjectivation and desubjectivation through work in the era of uberization, in which the rise of self-entrepreneurial discourses is evident. The analysis uses Foucault's theories, articulating it with the Marxist concept of alienation. For this, the production context and the plot are described, focusing on the protagonist’s actions. Finally, it brings to light the way that the work represents the consequences of power relations implied in the post-modern work scenario, such as the re-identification of the unemployed to the condition of self-employed worker. This place, which, apparently, is reserved for an illusory freedom, leads the subject to unsubjectivation and, therefore, establishes a new form of self-control.