The Covid-19 Pandemic Is Exposing the Plague of Neoliberalism

  • Henry Giroux McMaster University Professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest The Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy Dept. of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
  • Laura Proasi Facultad de Humanidades. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19137/DOI:%20https://dx.doi.org/10.19137/praxiseducativa-2020-240202

Keywords:

crisis, neoliberalismo, COVID-19, resistance, democracy

Abstract

The current coronavirus pandemic is more than a medical crisis, it is also a political and ideological crisis. It is a crisis deeply rooted in years of neglect by neoliberal governments that denied the importance of public health and the public good while defunding the institutions that made them possible. We still have the opportunity to reimagine a world in which the future does not mimic the predatory neoliberal present. This should be a world that brings together the struggles for justice, emancipation and social equality. More urgent than ever is the need to struggle for a world that imagines and acts on the utopian promises of a just and democratic socialist society. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, matters of criticism, understanding and resistance are elevated into a matter of life or death. Resistance is a dire necessity.

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Author Biography

Laura Proasi, Facultad de Humanidades. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata

  

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Published

2020-05-10

How to Cite

Giroux, H., & Proasi, L. (2020). The Covid-19 Pandemic Is Exposing the Plague of Neoliberalism. Praxis Educativa, 24(2), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.19137/DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.19137/praxiseducativa-2020-240202

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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2020): mayo - agosto

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