A importância das humanidades na formação do cidadão

Abstract

            The democracy needs the humanities, especially philosophy and its dispositions, because through this human beings develop their abilities to reason, to better judge and choose, then to have a critical judgment, a consistent argumentation; cultivate empathy; compassion, become values ​​that must be compacted for those who seek a meaningful life. Nussbaum (2012) lists three skills for the study of humanity: 1) Socratic education, which brings with it the importance of the “examined life” and which translates into critically reflecting on oneself and one’s own beliefs; 2) being a citizen of the world, that is, recognizing the other as a human being; from someone who is different from us, giving the necessary support to human life; 3) a narrative imagination which is the ability to put oneself in someone else’s shoes; experiencing emotions, desires and desires of others. Given this context, the question that guides this research is raised, namely: how does the study of the humanities interfere with the construction of democracy? The objective that guides this work refers to identifying\analyzing the importance of teaching humanities in the process of developing citizens, whose relevance interferes with democracy. A bibliographic and empirical methodology should be adopted when investigating the proposed topic, with the aim of emphasizing the importance of humanities in high school or university curricula, in order to keep democracy alive; healthy.

KEYWORDS: Humanities; citizenship; democracy.