Conférence de Christian Laval January 18th, University of Naples Federico II
We are currently experiencing dark times for democracy. Not only in totalitarian countries or under authoritarian regimes or governments. Even in the old liberal and representative democracies civil liberties are under threat, and after the pandemic, the war in Europe has not improved anything, on the contrary. Time seems to be directed to nationalism, international rivality, and xenophobia. As for educators, these are particularly difficult times too. Not only because of their economic and social situation, which in many countries is regressing, but also because of the political pressures they face, unjustified denunciations, sometimes state violence or repression.