The Peripheries of Waste: Touchstone and Opening Towards Infinity
The vulnerable are the meeting ground between social and political, they are the touchstone: our hopes for change are linked to our ability to re-orient the political imaginary in which we are immersed for the construction of meaningful social bonds. We need a transformative political practice that...
| Published in: | Concilium |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
2021
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| In: |
Concilium
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Poverty
/ Social work
/ Mediation
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society NCC Social ethics ZF Education |
| Further subjects: | B
Democracy
B social bonds B Stereotypes |
| Summary: | The vulnerable are the meeting ground between social and political, they are the touchstone: our hopes for change are linked to our ability to re-orient the political imaginary in which we are immersed for the construction of meaningful social bonds. We need a transformative political practice that can be transgressive, disarmed and vulnerable; that is capable of being surprised by the new that is emerging; that accompanies the processes of community growth towards autonomy, leaving the weapons of stereotypes, ideologies and prejudices; that is capable of crossing collective wounds and transforming them into opportunities for personal and community growth. The educational vision that seems to me useful to propose is that of a dreamy pedagogy, not only a social or urban one. Community participation can become, in fact, the pedagogical setting in which to reestablish links and mature sharing: a fertile ground from which democracy can find meaning to re-energize itself. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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