Psychoanalysis in Brazil - Institutionalization and Dissemination among the Lay Public

Bibliographic Data

ID20387752
AuthorsJ Russo (0000-0002-4383-334X, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author), Jane A Russo
Year2007
Volume18
Issue1
Publication date2007-01-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEIAL - Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina y el Caribe (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0792-7061 • E-ISSN: 2226-4620
PublisherTel Aviv University (PUBLISHER • IL)
DOI10.61490/eial.v18i1.431
OpenAlexW225380817
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited2

In this article I attempt to present and discuss two different periods of the dissemination of psychoanalysis in Brazil, both in the professional milieu and among the lay public. The first period, in the early 20th century, concerns the reception of Freud's ideas in the two largest Brazilian cities - Rio and São Paulo. The second period consists of the last thirty years of the century and refers to the so-called "psychoanalytic boom" that took place during the darkest years of the military dictatorship, focusing on Rio of Janeiro, where the effects were more visible. I intend to examine and discuss the specific characteristics of these two periods of propagation, trying to understand the success of the psychoanalytic "cosmological view" in the context of the Brazilian learned middle classes. I conclude the article with a few reflections on the post-psychoanalytic period we are now living

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Boom · Democracy · Dictatorship · Institutionalisation · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Social science · Sociology · Gender, Sexuality, and Education · History · Law · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychology · Psychology and Mental Health

Tools

Open DOIOpen Access