The present article intends to discuss the relation between teaching Philosophy and preparation for citizenship. Firstly, it is intended to identify and problematize the official notion of this relation by examining the Federal Constitution, the National Education Basis and Guidelines Law (LDB) and the National Curricular Parameters for Secondary Education (PCN). A liberal conception of citizenship is seen in these documents, understood as a conscientious exercise of duties and rights and as preparation for the labour market, which justifies, in an official point of view, the mandatory presence of Philosophy in the curriculum. Secondly, it is seek to counteract this notion of citizenship one another, founded based on Antonio Gramsci, for whom a truly democratic school must be able to transform every citizen into ruler. Finally, we will discuss some applications of this gramscian notion of citizenship in the teaching of Philosophy.
Antonio Gramsci; philosophy; philosophy and education; citizenship; citizenship and education; secondary education