Abstract

VILANOVA, Rita; FENERICH, Claudia  and  RUSSO, Kelly. Individual and minority rights: the Brazilian State and the challenge of indigenous formal education. Rev. Lusófona de Educação [online]. 2011, n.17, pp.31-47. ISSN 1645-7250.

In this article the tensions concerning the recognition of minority rights for Brazilian indigenous groups are analyzed, focusing school education. Our analyses were based on two distinct visions of contemporary political liberalism, in the sense of discussing its limits and possibilities in relation to the intercultural issues that emerges in these scenarios. Our analyses points that the advances obtained in the legal context have difficult implementation, for reasons that goes from the precariousness of some local education systems to the complex dialogue between the majority culture and the diverse indigenous groups in Brazil. Keywords: indigenous education; political liberalism; minority rights; intercultural relations.

Keywords : indegenous education; political liberalism; minority rights; intercultural relations.

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