Psychology and Mental Hygiene in Brazil: The History to Be Told
The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of the Brazilian Mental Hygiene League (LBHM) on the construction of scientific psychology in Brazil in the beginning of the 20th century. Due to the extent of the subject and sheer number of members in that organization, we focused on sch...
| Autor Principal: | Freire Figueira, Fernanda; Universidade Estadual de Maringá |
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| Otros Autores: | Boarini, Maria Lucia; Universidade Estadual de Maringá |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2015
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/7141 |
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The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of the Brazilian Mental Hygiene League (LBHM) on the construction of scientific psychology in Brazil in the beginning of the 20th century. Due to the extent of the subject and sheer number of members in that organization, we focused on school education and specifically on three LBHM members: Manoel Bomfim, Plínio Olinto and Maurício de Medeiros. We gave priority to primary sources produced by those authors in the mid of 20th century, which were analyzed in the light of the theoretical perspective inspired in historical
materialism. As a result, we concluded that psychological knowledge was considered basic to the educational process in order to spread the ideals of the LBHM and the resulting progress of the nation. Therefore, the histories of psychology in Brazil and of the LBHM complement each other. |
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