This article examines the formation of political subjectivity in times of neoliberalization and crisis. It does so by following the meaning-making practices of Penelope, a participant of the 2011 Syntagma Square occupation in Athens. The Syntagma Square encampment was at the heart of Greece’s anti-austerity movement. Prior to this experience, Penelope says she ‘wasn’t the most sophisticated person’ politically, yet that she ‘changed’ for the better precisely because of her participation. What does Penelope aspire to and what does she demarcate her self from against the backdrop of austerity neoliberalism, crisis, and her experience in the square? And what remains of her participation experience years on with regard to subjectivity? This article claims that the relationship between subject formation and emancipation under neoliberalism is paradoxical: in her effort to overcome neoliberal rationalities in Greece, Penelope is also unwittingly reproducing them. In disentangling this paradox, this article concludes with a theorization of what I call ‘alter-neoliberal critique’: against and beyond neoliberalism.

本文考察了新自由化和危机时期政治主观性的形成。它是通过遵循佩内洛普（Penelope）的意义实践来实现的，佩内洛普（Penelope）是2011年宪法广场占领雅典的参与者。宪法广场营地是希腊反紧缩运动的核心。在获得此经验之前，佩内洛普（Penelope）说她在政治上“不是最老练的人”，但恰恰是由于她的参与，她“变了”更好。在紧缩的新自由主义，危机，和她在广场上的经历？多年来，她的参与经验还剩下哪些主观性？本文认为，新自由主义下的主体形成与解放之间的关系是自相矛盾的：佩内洛普在克服希腊的新自由主义理性的努力中，也在不知不觉中再现了它们。在解开这一悖论时，本文以对我所谓的“改变新的批评”的理论进行了总结：反对和超越新自由主义。