Educación política para una democracia radical
Political Education for Radical Democracy
Palabras clave:
educación política, educación democrática, democracia radical, crisis democrática, Laclau, Mouffe (es)political education, democratic education, radical democracy, democratic crisis, Laclau, Mouffe (en)
Este artículo parte del argumento, la democracia liberal está en crisis. Partiendo de un análisis sistemático de la literatura, se identifican modelos alternativos que podrían remplazar este tipo de democracia hasta ahora hegemónico. A continuación, se hace una propuesta para una educación política alineada con la democracia radical que plantean Ernesto Laclau y Chantal Mouffe. Se entiende que el objetivo de la educación democrática radical y política debe facilitar que el alumnado pueda abrir, expandir y cambiar el proyecto democrático. Para ello, se propone tres pedagogías: pedagogías para la diferencia, para la articulación y para la equivalencia que, desde este punto de vista, pueden contribuir a este objetivo. Se termina el artículo presentando ejemplos de cómo estas pedagogías se podrían llevar a la práctica basados en las investigaciones cualitativas recientes de la autora Edda Sant.
This article takes as starting point the understanding that liberal democracy is in crisis. The article draws upon a systematic review of the literature to examine alternative democratic discourses, including radical democracy as conceived by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. Following their work, it is understood that political education should facilitate opportunities for students to open, expand and change our existing democratic arrangements. Political education framed in these terms could follow three types of pedagogies: pedagogies of difference, pedagogies of articulation and pedagogies of equivalence. The article concludes by drawing upon existing qualitative research by author Edda Sant to consider examples of what these pedagogies could look like in practice.
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