Abstract

MACEDO, ELIZABETH. REPOLITICIZING THE SOCIAL AND TAKING LIBERTY BACK. Educ. Rev. [online]. 2018, vol.34, e212010.  Epub Sep 20, 2018. ISSN 1982-6621.  https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-4698212010.

I try to understand the articulations that allow the possibility that a set of localized demands, brought to the scene by the Escola sem Partido - ESP (School without ‘Party), a group without obvious representativeness in society, gain space in the recent education policies in Brazil. Initially, articulations between the movement, conservative religious groups and the Atlas Network are mapped, mobilizing Laclau and Mouffe’s theory of discourse and the notion of global networks used by Ball. I argue that such articulation has contributed to the hegemonization of the positions of the ESP. In another moment, in dialogue with Brown’s reading of neoliberalism as economizing life, I raise hypotheses to understand the relevance of conservative demands for neoliberal normativity. With Laclau, I argue that there is a struggle for the representation of the people, which opposes the populist policies of the Workers’ Party governments and the network constituted by the articulation between the Atlas Network and the ESP.

Keywords : Curriculum policies; Global networks; Neoliberalism; Escola sem Partido.

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