Taylor e a questão do reconhecimento no Estado Democrático de Direito

Abstract

This paper aims to describe and analyze the issue of recognition in the view of Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor. The author says that our identity is built on the recognition of others. In the premodern era, recognition was not a difficult situation, for it was built on a scale of social behavior. However, in the eighteenth century two things happened: dignity replaced hierarchy and personal identity came from within. Identity was now something that being had to achieve by being true to itself. Even with this new perspective, the authentic identity of being needs confirmation from others. This is where we will look at the politics of recognition and the struggle of minorities in multicultural societies. This paper starts from the realization that one of the major problems faced by the Brazilian Democratic Rule of Law is the lack of participation of individuals in political decisions, which is within the scope of Public Policies