Merleau-Ponty’s Concept of «Intersubjectivity»: A Notion Reflected Within the Modern Democratic Society

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the cultivation of democratic citizenship in terms of dignity, diversity and solidarity closely intertwined with Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s philosophical concept of intersubjectivity as a par excellence theory of the human being. Furthermore, the author points out that political philosophy requires a paradigm shift from subjectivity to the intersubjective dimension of subjectivity in order to achieve decency and dignity of institutions and human relations.

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