Crisis of capitalism and State

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Abstract

The essay analyzes the crisis of capitalism and the possibilities and limits posed for the country and, particularly, for higher education, in the current context. Its development was based on an exploratory investigation, which included bibliographical research, systematic surveys in the press, documentary analysis of converging issues and consultation of aggregated data, adopting an investigation perspective, both qualitative and quantitative. The text is made up of four parts: it begins with a brief presentation of the crisis of capitalism and the role that States have played in its “administration”; then, it analyzes authoritarianism (and neofascism) as one of the solutions found by neoliberalism in crisis; in the third part, it develops the neoliberal production of subjectivities and, subsequently, analyzes some trends that have been consolidating in higher education in the country, under neoliberal logic in an authoritarian context. In the final considerations, some of the main current political obstacles in the country (and in higher education) are signalized, highlighting the need for a permanent mobilization and, particularly, of education professionals, with the horizon of building a radical democracy, which takes as a strategic reference the construction of a post-capitalist society.