EDUCATION FOR A HUMAN RIGHTS CULTURE: intersubjective sharing of values

Abstract

The set of Human Rights is a direct response to the totalitarian practices of extermination of human beings, the result of a technical-instrumental rationality, during World War II (1939 - 1945). Thus, this article seeks to investigate whether education is an adequate strategy for the formation of a multidimensional Culture of Human Rights based on the intersubjective sharing of values, without using force/violence or political/economic superiority as elements as promoters of the commons. It begins with the presentation of some concepts and characteristics regarding education and Human Rights. Next, the multiplicity of foundations and dimensions of Human Rights Education HRE as outlined from the second half of the twentieth century, in international and national documents. Finally, the main characteristics of a technical-instrumental world-culture and the possibilities of social transformation are addressed, through human interaction mediated by communication. The article is developed in a dialectical approach, using the literature review as a technique, which subsidizes the discussion of concepts and the analysis of some legal documents. After the investigative path, it is concluded that HRE is a multidimensional strategy for promoting a Culture of Human Rights by reinforcing the common aspects of humanity, producing consensus around human dignity, respect, and inclusion, without resorting to the use of force, threat, or oppression.