Abstract

CROCHICK, José Leon. Education, neoliberalism and/or managed society1. Educ. Rev. [online]. 2021, vol.37, e80472.  Epub Sep 08, 2021. ISSN 1984-0411.  https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-4060.80472.

The objective of this work is to reflect on current conditions of individual formation, considering the current capitalist social structure and neoliberal ideology. To achieve this objective, the text is divided into three parts; the first provides elements for thinking about neoliberalism as an ideology; the second deals with individual formation under this ideology, with respect to currently required productivism and entrepreneurship, personality characteristics, favorable or contrary to democracy and related to forms of school violence; and the last part discusses the relationship between neoliberalism and the formation of the individual. It is argued that neoliberal ideology hides the inexistence of the market, helping to concentrate capital in an ever smaller number of groups, and lack of perception of this can lead to the defense of the welfare state, which allows better material conditions of life for the population, which while important has nevertheless been the target of criticism, especially by thinkers of the Critical Social Theory. In order to manage this system based on concentration of wealth, a fascist administration is necessary, even though it may have the appearance of democracy; if it is an objective phenomenon, it does not dispense with individuals who support it, who are formed by a superficial relationship with reality, which enables an expression of violence, which indicates regressed personality needs.

Keywords : Formation of the individual; Social criticism; Neoliberalism.

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