Uma educação para além do mercado: estética da existência, cuidado de si e parresia

Abstract

This research explores how the aesthetics of existence based on self-care and parrhesia can contribute to resistance against the current educational trend, which is rooted in the discourse of self-entrepreneurship and the precariousness of subjectivities, aiming to promote the submission of the individual to the needs of the market and neoliberal capitalism, hindering the formation of critical, autonomous subjects committed to society and the collective good. To this end, its theoretical foundations were woven from a bibliographical review of texts that contributed to the conception of this study. The aim was to analyze the possible benefits for the pedagogical practice of teachers who are dissatisfied with the direction of contemporary education, using as a tool the concepts that underpin the aesthetics of existence in ethical education, such as the application of self-care in education to strengthen the sense of social responsibility and the potential of parrhesia in the free expression and critical and responsible participation of subjects in society. The conditions that led to the advance of market logic over education were also analyzed, as well as successful pedagogical experiences that signified a resistance to the status quo of educational institutions, stemming from the nonconformity of educators who set out to break paradigms. Faced with the challenges of contemporary education, the revolt of nonconformist educators finds in the aesthetics of existence a way of thinking about education disruptively and resisting the pressures of market-driven education.