Historiography of psychology in Brazil

Pioneer works, recent developments

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15031053
AutoresRegina Helena De Freitas Campos (0000-0001-6228-7076, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Ana Maria Jacó-Vilela (0000-0002-0728-8700, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), Marina Massimi (0000-0001-9103-9960, Universidade de São Paulo)
Ano2010
Volume13
Fascículo3
Páginas250-276
Data de publicação2010-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHistory of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1093-4510 • E-ISSN: 1939-0610
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/a0020550
PMID20977001
OpenAlexW1981250888
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas23

The evolution of the historiography of psychology in Brazil is surveyed, to describe how the field has evolved from the seminal works of the pioneer, mostly self-taught, psychologists, to the now professional historians working from a variety of theoretical models and methods of inquiry. The first accounts of the history of psychology written by Brazilians and by foreigners are surveyed, as well as the recent works made by researchers linked to the Work Group on the History of Psychology of the Brazilian Association of Research and Graduate Education in Psychology and published in periodicals such as Memorandum and Mnemosine. The present historiography focuses mainly the relationship of psychological knowledge to specific social and cultural conditions, emphasizing themes such as women's participation in the construction of the field, the development of psychology as a science and as a profession in education and health, and the development of psychology as an expression of Brazilian culture and of the experience of resistance of local communities to domination. To reveal this process of identity construction, a cultural historiography is an important tool, coupled with methodological pluralism

Aesthetics · Asian psychology · Critical psychology · Epistemology · Historiography · History of psychology · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Sociology · Theoretical psychology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Law · Psychology · Psychology and Mental Health · Social Representations and Identity