Desire, fantasy and curriculum

from signifiXations to concertinity

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https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416X.26.088.AO03EN

Palavras-chave:

Curriculum, Desire, SignifiXation, Concertinity

Resumo

This paper engages with the philosophy of Spinoza and elements of psychoanalytic theory to discuss the fantasies of determination regarding desire and curriculum. Adopting a post-critical, post-structuralist reading, it acknowledges the power of discourses on contemporary curricular policies, shaped both by neoliberal rationality and by critical approaches aimed at confronting it. On the one hand, neoliberalism establishes ideals of efficiency and success; on the other, the critical perspective promotes ideals such as equality and the common good. Although these perspectives appear oppositional, they ultimately converge in the desire to fix ideals, offering beatific promises of completeness and horrific threats of failure. By relying on the modern conception of individuals as rational and fully autonomous beings capable of choosing and adapting to pre-established ends, both perspectives fall into what this paper calls the fantasy of signifiXation. In response, the paper introduces Spinoza’s relational ontology, where desire is understood as dynamic and shaped by the concertinicity of circumstances. Emphasizing this relational multiplicity, the paper argues that education cannot be predetermined, as its processes are marked by continuous negotiation. The concepts of concertinicity, negotiation, and commerce are thus mobilized to challenge the fantasies of desire determination found both in normative critical approaches and in market-driven ideals of control.

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Este artigo é uma tradução em English do artigo:  Desejo, fantasia e currículo

Biografia do Autor

Diogo Bogéa, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Professor Adjunto de Filosofia e Psicanálise na Faculdade de Educação da UERJ. Doutor e Mestre em Filosofia pela PUC-Rio. Pós-graduado em Psicanálise pela Cândido Mendes (RJ). Graduado em História pela UERJ-FFP.

Marcio Francisco Teixeira de Oliveira, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Professor Adjunto de Filosofia na Faculdade de Educação da UERJ. Doutor e Mestre em Filosofia pela UERJ.

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2026-03-26

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Bogéa, D., & Oliveira, M. F. T. de. (2026). Desire, fantasy and curriculum: from signifiXations to concertinity. Revista Diálogo Educacional, 26(88), p. 569–584. https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416X.26.088.AO03EN