This chapter outlines the key concepts and interpretive lens of my study. I define the estallido as a paradoxical event—simultaneously rooted in neoliberalism yet irreducible to it—that organised a post-neoliberal experience from the outset. I then turn to Simon Critchley to define critical subjectivities, clarifying the role of critical scholars in understanding identification with this post-neoliberal experience. Lastly, I introduce my psychoanalytic approach, explaining how Lacanian concepts such as desire, fantasy, and the Other help explore the libidinal economy of emancipatory identification. I also draw a parallel between my framework and Kristin Ross’ reading of the Paris Commune to underscore the importance of the materiality of the signifier in the study of social change.