Georges Dumas: from French University psychology to the intellectual movement between France and Brazil (1880-1940)

• Grant number: 15/07599-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2015
• End date: August 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Sociology - Other specific Sociologies
• Principal Investigator: Marcia Cristina Consolim
• Grantee: Marcia Cristina Consolim
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research investigates the trajectory of Georges Dumas (1866-1946) - psychologist, university professor and "cultural ambassador" of France in Latin America - in order to understand their role in the formation and institutionalization of "scientific psychology" in France as well as in the process of internationalization of science and French culture in Brazil. (AU)