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<journal-id>1984-5987</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Childhood & Philosophy]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Child.philo.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1984-5987</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1984-59872011000200171</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.12957/childphilo.2011.14171</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The right to be children: an arendtian exploration of the responsibility to grow up]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[O direito de ser crianças: uma exploração arendtiana sobre a responsabilidade do crescer]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El derecho a ser niños: una exploración arendtiano de la responsabilidad de crecer]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Topolski]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Anya R.]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,University of Leuven  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Bélgica</country>
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<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2011</year>
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<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2011</year>
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<volume>7</volume>
<numero>14</numero>
<fpage>171</fpage>
<lpage>190</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1984-59872011000200171&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1984-59872011000200171&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1984-59872011000200171&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Due to the intersection of world history and biological boundaries Hannah Arendt (1906- 1975) sadly never had the opportunity to experience maternity; nonetheless, this did not prevent her from writing, with passion and promise, about the miraculous responsibility of childbirth and childrearing. What may come as a surprise to those unfamiliar with her work is that her views on children are to be found throughout her political writings. It is thus the first task of this piece to articulate the connection, within Arendt's project, between children and the political. After this, I intend to develop two of her political arguments, the first her well known critique of the contemporary discourse on human rights, and the second on education. I will use these to argue that the vision of children's rights, as put forward first by Janusz Korczak in the 1920's and later codified in the 1959 declaration of the UN Rights of the Child, is being destroyed by the refusal of all adult citizens (parents, educators, politicians, etc) to grow up. At the heart of Arendt's political writings, especially those concerning children, is a sincere plea to address the crisis in responsibility in our contemporary society. As citizens we must accept that only by limiting our own childish desires to be free of responsibility and accepting the burden of being an authority is there a chance that children might have the right to be children. All rights are meaningless illusions unless they are founded upon relationality and responsibility. It is this preamble, which is sadly absent from the 1959 declaration, that Arendt would argue is necessary not only for the sake of children but also for that of the shared world. ]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo: Devido &#224; interse&#231;&#227;o do mundo da hist&#243;ria e das fronteiras biol&#243;gicas, Hannah Arendt (1906- 1975) infelizmente nunca teve a oportunidade de experimentar a maternidade, contudo isso n&#227;o a impediu de escrever, com paix&#227;o e promessa, sobre a miraculosa responsabilidade do parto e da cria&#231;&#227;o de filhos. O que pode vir a ser uma surpresa para aqueles que n&#227;o est&#227;o familiarizados com seu trabalho &#233; que sua vis&#227;o sobre as crian&#231;as &#233; encontrada ao longo dos seus escritos pol&#237;ticos. &#201;, assim, a primeira tarefa deste artigo articular uma conex&#227;o, dentro do projeto de Arendt, entre crian&#231;a e o pol&#237;tico. Depois disso, eu pretendo desenvolver dois de seus argumentos pol&#237;ticos, o primeiro bem conhecido, sua cr&#237;tica ao discurso contempor&#226;neo sobre os direitos humanos, e o segundo, &#224; educa&#231;&#227;o. Eu vou usar essa tese para argumentar que a vis&#227;o dos direitos das crian&#231;as, como proposta inicialmente por Janusz Korczak em 1920 e, posteriormente, codificada na declara&#231;&#227;o de 1959 sobre a Declara&#231;&#227;o dos Direitos da Crian&#231;a das Na&#231;&#245;es Unidas, est&#225; sendo destru&#237;da pela recusa de todos os cidad&#227;os adultos (pais, educadores, pol&#237;ticos, etc) para crescer. No cerne dos escritos pol&#237;ticos de Arendt, especialmente naqueles concernentes &#224; crian&#231;a, h&#225; um apelo sincero para enfrentar a crise de responsabilidade em nossa sociedade contempor&#226;nea. Como cidad&#227;os, devemos aceitar que apenas limitando nossos pr&#243;prios desejos infantis para sermos livres da responsabilidade e aceitando o fardo de uma autoridade &#233; que h&#225; uma possibilidade para que as crian&#231;as tenham a chance de serem crian&#231;as. Todos os direitos s&#227;o ilus&#245;es sem sentido, ao menos que sejam fundados sobre a relacionalidade e responsabilidade. &#201; este pre&#226;mbulo que, infelizmente, est&#225; faltando &#224; declara&#231;&#227;o de 1959, que Arendt poderia argumentar que &#233; necess&#225;rio n&#227;o s&#243; para as crian&#231;as mas tamb&#233;m para o mundo compartilhado. ]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Debido a la intersecci&#243;n de la historia del mundo y los l&#237;mites biol&#243;gicos, lamentablemente Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) nunca tuvo la oportunidad de experimentar la maternidad; sin embargo, esto no le impidi&#243; escribir, con pasi&#243;n y promesa, sobre la milagrosa responsabilidad del parto y crianza de un ni&#241;o. Lo que puede ser una sorpresa para quienes no est&#225;n familiarizados con su trabajo es que sus puntos de vista sobre los ni&#241;os se encuentran a lo largo de sus escritos pol&#237;ticos. Por lo tanto, la primera tarea de este trabajo es articular la conexi&#243;n, dentro del proyecto de Arendt, entre los ni&#241;os y lo pol&#237;tico. Despu&#233;s de esto, me propongo desarrollar dos de sus argumentos pol&#237;ticos, el primero, su bien conocida cr&#237;tica del discurso contempor&#225;neo sobre los derechos humanos, y el segundo, sobre la educaci&#243;n. Voy a utilizar estos elementos para argumentar que la visi&#243;n de los derechos del ni&#241;o, tal como se present&#243; por primera vez por Janusz Korczak en la d&#233;cada de 1920 y posteriormente codificada en la Declaraci&#243;n de los Derechos del Ni&#241;o, de la UNO en 1959, est&#225; siendo destruida por la negativa de todos los ciudadanos adultos (padres , educadores, pol&#237;ticos, etc) a crecer. En el coraz&#243;n de los escritos pol&#237;ticos de Arendt, en especial los concernientes a los ni&#241;os, hay un alegato sincero para hacer frente a la crisis de responsabilidad en nuestra sociedad contempor&#225;nea. Como ciudadanos tenemos que aceptar que s&#243;lo limitando nuestros deseos infantiles de estar libres de responsabilidad y aceptando la carga de ser una autoridad existe la posibilidad de que los ni&#241;os puedan tener derecho a ser ni&#241;os. Todos los derechos son ilusiones sin sentido a menos que est&#233;n fundados en la relacionalidad y la responsabilidad. Es el pre&#225;mbulo, tristemente ausente de la declaraci&#243;n de 1959, que Arendt considerar&#237;a necesario no s&#243;lo para el bien de los ni&#241;os sino tambi&#233;n para el del mundo que compartimos.]]></p></abstract>
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