O objetivo deste artigo é discutir a relevância da amizade polÃtica para idosos colaboradores, apesar da valorização do individualismo na era moderna. A dimensão polÃtica da amizade foi encontrada na pesquisa que realizei , fundamentada na teoria polÃtica de Hannah Arendt. A amizade polÃtica constitui uma possibilidade para manter o idoso atualizado e interessado nos problemas sociais. Nesse sentido, pode se associar a outros idosos e outras gerações para lutarem pela realização dos seus direitos.
The aim of this article is to discuss the relevance of political friend
ship for the elderly collaborating with the “Elderly Collaborators†Project
sponsored by the Third Age Open University (UnATI/UERJ), which
is mentioned in my research for granting a M.S degree in Social
Services at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, in the
year of 2005. This study was theoretically based on Hannah Arendt’s
works, which presents the political dimension of friendship as an
action developed by the public and plural dialogs in the world common
to all people. The interviews showed that the elderly presented significant
elements that point out to the practice of political friendship.
The political friendship enables the debate and the struggle of the
elderly, along with the other generations, to assure and increase their
rights, which are ensured in the social policies.
