Artigo



Dados vol. 28 n. 1 Rio de Janeiro 1985

Nem Cidadãos, Nem Seres Livres: O Dilema Político do Indivíduo na Ordem Liberal-Democrática

Abranches, Sérgio Henrique

Resumo

The author profiles two distinct citizenship traditions in political thought: the first, a more collectivist tradition, is associated with the Greek polis; the second, an individualist one, found expression in the Roman civitas. The writer then examines the ways in which the individualist citizenship ideal manifests itself in liberal thought; whereas in other currents, more critical of civil society, an adherence to a more politicized and socialized conception of collective citizenship is evident. These different visions of citizenship carry practical consequences, insofar as the existence of a powerful contradiction is ascertained between individual rights of citizenship and collective means for their attainment. Finally, the author points out that an element essential to democratization is the criticism and democratization of the organizations forming the bond between citizen and state, in the process of reconstituting the polis.

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Nem Cidadãos, Nem Seres Livres: O Dilema Político do Indivíduo na Ordem Liberal-Democrática