Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo and the challenges of contemporary society

Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo was many years ahead of her time. Guided by an idea of positive utopia, that is, by an idea that the possible should be the driving force of human action that should never be guided solely by responding to what immediately exists, MLP always sought to interpret problematic issues in terms of creating new horizons of understanding life and human living. In this sense, many of the analyses she made and the solutions she proposed are still relevant and pertinent today. Particularly innovative is the way she sought to re-signify the concept of care, which she rescued from the traditional space of private life, thinking of care and justice together, to transform it into an essential ingredient in the configuration of a new paradigm for politics, within the framework of the idea of democratization of the political. The collection Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo and the Challenges of Contemporary Society aims precisely to disseminate some texts where the original contributions of MLP's thought are most paradigmatic and demonstrate her capacity to also respond to the issues of the world in which we live.

Title: Thematic Notebook 8, The Public Hearings Method and the Formation of the Common Will
Collection: Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo and the Challenges of Contemporary Society
Edition: Fundação Cuidar o Futuro
Editorial Coordination: Hermano Carmo
Layout and graphic production: Guide – Artes Gráficas, Lda

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ISBN: 978-989-54161-7-2