Rosa María Lince Campillo & Martha Singer Sochet
Dialogue, an essential
condition of democracy
O diálogo, condição
imprescindível da
democracia
Abstract
Based on a broad definition of politics as
the art of designing and constructing social
actors, this paper examines the importance
of spaces for dialogue that enable confronting and debating different perspectives and
positions about a specific situation. For this
reason, this paper is based on the premise
that humans are social beings and as such
they are able to communicate. It also considers that these distinct forms of (symbolic) language are present and active in the
social interaction of different actors and
affect the different social actions as forms
of communication, with the purpose of
reaching multilateral agreements. Finally, the paper argues that democracy is not
possible without dialogue and that politics
is the art of generating and maintaining
spaces where issues of public interest can
be freely and openly debated, in order to
achieve agreements, negotiations and consensus, without ignoring the difficulties of
recognizing, respecting and understanding
others a valid interlocutors.
Resumo
Partindo de uma definição ampla da política como atividade mediante a qual se desenha e constrói o sujeito social, este texto revisa a importância do espaço dialógico
onde se confrontam argumentativamente diversas concepções e posições frente a
uma determinada situação. Por isso, parte
da premissa de que o ser humano, enquanto é social, tem a capacidade H