Banca de DEFESA: CECILIA TAVARES GUIMARAES

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STUDENT : CECILIA TAVARES GUIMARAES
DATE: 08/03/2024
TIME: 15:00
LOCAL: Laboratório de Psicologia, UFRN. SALA A 631
TITLE:

SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION OF PSYCHOLOGY IN INTERFACE WITH THE MARXISM: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE BRAZILIAN CASE

KEY WORDS:

Psychology; Marxismo; Scientific Production.

PAGES: 108
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Psicologia
SUMMARY:

Since 1970, in Brazil, the socio-economic and political situation challenge Psychology to

evaluate its audience, references, areas of operation, and the social value of the profession:

the context triggers the so-called “Crisis of relevance”. The theoretical effort to respond to the

crises culminates in the productions that later make up the list of Critical Psychologies

(Lacerda, 2013). Marxism emerges from this block as an influence on some of these

perspectives. The Marxist perspective is considered here as the theoretical-methodological

field that can contribute to a truly transformative Psychology, as its ultimate goal is human

emancipation. Given what has been exposed, we are interested in investigate what

possibilities arise from the relationship of Marxism with Psychology, problematizing how this

relationship occurs in Brazil, based on the scientific production of the area. Thus, the

questions that move the research are: What are the possible relationships between Psychology

and Marxism in the Brazilian scientific context? What is the demand or justification for this

type of scientific production? What do the authors seek to achieve by adopting such

articulations? As a result of this effort, the objective was to generate a map of Brazilian

scientific production in Psychology from the perspective of Marxism. 124 articles were

collected, categorized in an electronic database, and analyzed in two blocks: scientometric

and thematic. It was identified that the productions come mainly from public universities in

the Southeast of the country; published in journals with high Qualis evaluation; it was found

that most are theoretical studies; they are articles linked to various areas of Psychology, but

mainly to Educational Psychology. In the studies, the apprehension of fundamental categories

of Marx was observed, albeit in a residual form. In the relationship of Marxism with

Psychology, indirectly, it is possible to see this articulation through authors or perspectives of

the area, such as Vigotski and Historical-Cultural Psychology, these being a synonym for

Psychology of what would be Marxism. Furthermore, Marxism also appears overlapped with

other theoretical perspectives that have any less dialogue with it, denoting that the work is not

based on Marxism, although concepts of the tradition are present. In summary, different

modalities of articulation are put forward for Psychology and Marxism, with no prevalence of

how the area appropriates the reference. The articulation takes place as a foundation for a

Psychology of Marxist inspiration, as a critique of Psychology, and as a complement to

psychological analyses (Calviño, 2013). It is considered indispensable that the approach to

the reference evokes reflections for Psychology, to question the individualization and

psychologization of structural phenomena and reinforce the perception of its role as a

working class and agent of change.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externo à Instituição - FERNANDO LACERDA JÚNIOR - UFG
Presidente - 1205730 - ISABEL MARIA FARIAS FERNANDES DE OLIVEIRA
Externo ao Programa - 3475044 - PABLO DE SOUSA SEIXAS - null