This article aims at framing the notion of “self-government”, as an activity capable of affecting the living condition of a community, whose member encounter a rupture in their life experience continuum. The restoration of the central role of social and political participation in our lives proves to be vital at this present time. The progressive disempowerment affecting individuals and human health, and the limited impulse of participatory and deliberative democracy in the renewal of democracy are two signs of this necessity. Notably, the development of sociability is essential to preserve individuals and to promote the definition of one’s self as a social and political subject.