Neoliberalism by Christian Laval

interview with Aurora Magazine

Abstract

In this interview with Aurora, neoliberalism was at the center of the conversation. Would it be the historic moment of the end or weakening of neoliberalism? Laval talks about the thought of Foucault and Bourdieu about neoliberalism, exposing with these intellectuals they are important to reflect on the theme. It also problematizes how neoliberalism permeates religions in the West, the relationship of far-right leaders with neoliberalism, as well as their perceptions about the role of the state in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.

For Laval, the anguish over the Covid-19 pandemic did not generate the subjects' awareness of a radical change in the neoliberal model and in destructive capitalism. There is a long way to go to transform subjectivities. A long time of crisis has yet to cross the imaginations for decades. One of the practices of change involves more democracy in knowledge institutions to create new subjectivities, in addition to building the common, that is, "a regime of practices, struggles, experiences, institutions and research that aim to move to an after-capitalism , inscribing this later in the present”. A real democracy depends on this 'after' capitalism and overcoming the neoliberal model. Christian Laval points to this “after” and to a greater principle of responsibility for the preservation of the planet.