Neoliberalismo, a escola e a formação do sujeito-empresa no Brasil

Abstract

The present study aims to understand what the neoliberal regime is, how the school institution are changing in this context, what the consequences are for human development and society as a whole, and which Brazilian policies are driving this process. In both sociology and psychology, it is argued that a new type of subject is being formed: the enterprise-subject—flexible, precarious, and, above all, a consumer. The research presented here is exploratory and descriptive in nature, grounded in the historical-dialectical materialist perspective of analysis. The methodology is bibliographic and documentary. Its objective is to explain the neoliberal regime, to understand the changes occurring in schools and educational development, to identify the type of citizen being formed, and to examine the main neoliberal policies implemented in Brazil. The questions guiding this work were: What are the implications of the neoliberal offensive on Brazilian education? What type of person is being formed?