Capitalist Thinking in a Globalized Era: A View from Higher Education in a Latin American Context

Abstract

Human beings are continuously influenced by different demands imposed by the socio-historical context in which they develop. In particular, world globalization and the market have stablished standards in different social and individual dimensions, such as in the economy, culture, politic and education, among others. This article seeks to develop a critical position toward the impact of capitalism and globalization in everyday life, based on the analysis of a diversity of bibliographical resources. Subsequently, mass-manipulative devices that promote symbolic violence such as linguistic control and the educational system gain importance. Thus, as a response non-parametric education and didactics as a medium of transformation and emancipation of the subjects thinking are proposed. To conclude, educational management, research and reflection as devices of empowerment for individuals are proposed, all of these from a place that approaches education from a contextualized, equitable and human perspective, beyond an instrumentalist and economist view.