Subproletariat as a social philosophy: characterization and forms of suffering

• Grant number: 25/11702-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2025
• End date: June 30, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy - Ethics
• Principal Investigator: Hélio Alexandre da Silva
• Grantee: Jonas Pessoa das Flôres
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais (FCHS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Franca. Franca , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/02922-1 - Critique of poverty as an object of social philosophy, AP.PNGP.PI

Abstract

The following research intends to study the subproletariat as object of social philosophy, characterizing it and pointing out the main forms of social suffering upon this characterization. Regarding the study of subproletariat itself, the principal methodologic approach is on Paul Singer's Domination and Inequality and André Singer's The Meanings of Lulismo, both works which Interact with each other and talk, respectively, the start of the studies about the subproletariat and its presence in Lula's second term' speech as president, the lulimso . In addition, the social suffering issue is based on Emmanuel Renault' writings Social suffering: sociology, psychology and politics. (AU)