Liberdade e reconhecimento na democracia contemporânea: acerca do pensamento de Hannah Arendt e Charles Taylor
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2023-12-20
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Universidade Federal de Goiás
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The central objective of this study was to reflect on the concepts of freedom and
recognition in contemporary democracy. In order to achieve this first aim, a path of
interpretation was included that considers fundamental, for contemporary reflections on
democracy, to discuss how citizens can freely enjoy their freedoms in a community as
beings, at the same time, possessors of singular and plural identities. With the intention
of investing in this approach, the work of Hannah Arendt and Charles Taylor were listed
as basic theoretical points. On Arendt's side, it was shown that full political freedom is
essential so that a political community can be a place in which citizens actions and
speeches demonstrate their dignity as human beings. Meanwhile, the recognition of
citizens identities is only possible when there is an understanding in society that the
other is part of a continuous dialogue with myself, through which my identity as an
individual and also as a citizen is formed - this was the point of departure in relation to
the reflection supported by Taylor. These first forays were followed by an examination
whose intention was to show that when minorities are excluded from political
participation, society suffers losses that can lead to its decline. As it is not possible to
reflect on the particularities of all existing minority groups, refugees were generally
chosen as a category that exemplifies, on the one hand, how freedom and recognition
matter for the contemporary discussion about democracy and, on the other hand, how
this group reveals, through its private and collective demands, a conceptual
embarrassment in the classic debate between liberals, communitarians and republicans.
The research concludes with the observation that in current discussions about
democracy there is a strong, sometimes distorted, pronouncement of the ideals of
freedom and recognition, the harmful nature of which can compromise the relationship
between citizens and each other, triggering a move away from political issues
concerning community, as well as the worsening of existing inequalities in a democracy,
ultimately contributing to the crystallization of groups harmful to the political body.
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Arendt , Taylor , Liberdade , Reconhecimento , Minorias , Democracia , Freedom , Recognition , Minorities , Democracy
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CAMPOS, J. P. A. Liberdade e reconhecimento na democracia contemporânea: acerca do pensamento de Hannah Arendt e Charles Taylor. 2023. 245 f. Tese (Doutorado em Filosofia) - Faculdade de Filosofia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2023.