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SEBASTIANY, Giana Diesel  e  DEPONTI, Cidonea Machado. Development and human dignity: the complementarity of two different language dimentions. Rev. Reflex [online]. 2013, vol.21, n.1, pp.237-275. ISSN 1982-9949.  https://doi.org/10.17058/rea.v21i1.3220.

The article approaches the concept of development as freedom and its implications in the expansion of human life dignity, especially when it refers to possible choices, based on the theories of two contemporary economists who, with different dimensions of language, agree on the interpretation of the subject. Amartya Sen and Sebastião Salgado study the same historical context, where they try to understand the many meanings of the development and its repercussions in people's life. Knowing a little about their academic life, the main goal of this paper understands the complementarity among words and pictures used by the authors. When we use the images produced by Sebastião Salgado, we have to consider them as historical sources of multidisciplinary abrangence, which enable new approaching analysis from its records, as well as, the many reflections induced by Amartya Sen's words. The referred authors describe health, education and social security as essential tools for a dignified existence of the humanity. However, this provision does not constitute an end by itself; it only acquires a real meaning when its goal is the expansion of the people´s capacities and freedom that, this way, start acting as agents of change.

Palavras-chave : Development; Human dignity; Freedom; Amartya Sen; Sebastião Salgado.

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