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| Author(s): |
Alessandro de Oliveira dos Santos
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Psicologia (IP/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 1999-11-17 |
| Examining board members: |
Ronilda Ribeiro;
Jose Carlos de Paula Carvalho;
Geraldo Jose de Paiva
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| Advisor: | Ronilda Ribeiro |
| Field of knowledge: | Humanities - Psychology |
| Indexed in: |
Banco de Dados Bibliográficos da USP-DEDALUS;
Index Psi Teses - IP/USP |
| Location: | Universidade de São Paulo. Biblioteca do Instituto de Psicologia; BL2592.C35; S237r |
| Abstract | |
The end of millenium: on one hand we have the experience of total desecration of the contemporary society based on the human development of science and intellect, and, on other hand, an increasing interest in the lost sacredness, expressed bythereinvestment in sacred symbols in the search for a transcendent orientation. Several images and ideas live together in this arena, they provide the substrate for the development of the social representations which inhabit thecollectiveimaginary and influence and the personal identities. Every society has representations which are created socially and that structure the attitudes, the values, the knowledge and consequently rule the behavior of different individualsand socialgroups in relations to various phenomena such as health and illness. These phenomena have a social dimension and at the same time, constitute the most intimate and individual of the realities, being concrete examples of theintellectual linkingbetween the individual perception and the social symbolism, thus of the process of production of the social representations. The social representations are a sort of social knowledge, a way of thinking and interpreting dailyreality: mentalactivity used by individuals and groups in order to establish their position in relation to situations, happenings and communication that are of their concern. Situated at the social knowledge area, the aim of this research is toinvestigate the social representationsof the supreme pirest of Candomblé J6eje-Nagô about health and illness. The searching for the understanding of this religion, through the various ways of which its symbols are experienced and continuouslygiven new meanings by individuals and groups, produces elements for the promotion of health and to the prevention, control and confrontation with the illness, influencing the way which the sick person and the community perceive and treat theproblem. It is the aim of this research to contribute to the development and practice of the professionals who deal with health through the study of thesocial-cultural character of the representations of health and diseases (AU) | |