Rebuilding reciprocity: for civil economics and civil education in the age of complexity

This paper reflects on how global capitalism, in its neoliberal form, and consumer society lie at the foundation of a profound restructuring of social and political spaces. Their joint action has generated a crisis in social relationships and democracy. Specifically, during the age of complexity neoliberalism transforms the contours of the political on the subjective and objective levels, controlling the processes of identification and subjectivation. Within this framework, pedagogy must focus on the crisis of social mediation spaces as a crucial issue of our times, and promote a renewal of social activation by: supporting the rebuilding of proximity-based places and contexts where shared experiences and participation can be experimented; supporting the social production of relational goods, in order to reweave the fabric of collective life.