Critical analysis of the processes of psychosocial intervention in communities and “favelas”

Authors

  • Nadir Lara Junior Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos
  • Cynara Teixeira Ribeiro Universidade Federal do Semi-Árido

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2011.47.2.07

Abstract

This article discusses the differences between the concepts, generally treated like synonyms, of favelas and communities. It analyzes the implications of this difference on psychosocial interventions in communities. In order to do that, it presents a review of the concept of community within the Community Psychology and this idea is discussed based on the Lacanian Theory of Four Discourses. The aim is to critically analyze the professionals acting in communities and favelas and how they accept certain concepts naively, maintaining logic of domination in capitalist society. We propose that the frequency of the subjects involved in social work to the discursive field of politics guarantees to those a serious commitment to the logic of desire.

Key words: discursive field of the politics, desire, four Lacanian discourses.

Author Biography

Nadir Lara Junior, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-árido

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Published

2011-07-31

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 2 (2011): May/August

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