%0 Journal Article %T Educaci¨®n y democracia %A Hoyos %A Luis Eduardo %J Estudios de Filosof¨ªa %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X abstract: in the paper it is presented a conceptual defense of a liberal and democratic conception of education. since the main function of individual£¿s education consists in his socialization and the existence of educated individuals is the minimal guarantee for a social creative and enriched process, then the development of democracy is internally bounded with the development of education in general and of civic education in particular. therefore the politician, in a democratic system, should be a pedagogue. the reflection, principally conceptual, ends with the presentation of an example of the recent political history of colombia. %K education %K democracy %K self %K normativity %K citizenship %K ¨¢lvaro uribe. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0121-36282010000200003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en