Emoções nas veredas da psicologia social: Reminiscências na filosofia e psicologia histórico-cultural

Abstract

The emotions are a much quoted topic in research and formal studies in the field of Psychology and other sciences. This present investigation have got as an objective to analyze in a differentiated and deep way the study of emotion from theoretical concepts and assumptions in historical cultural psychology, in critical social psychology and philosophy, Throughout the text, we will introduce Espinosa and Descartes’ conception of monism and dualism at the relationship between mind and body. Some other critics also stood out for their later studying of this topic such as Vygotsky, in historical cultural psychology; Teixeira, in mind philosophy, and Damásio, in neuroscience. This way we created a discussion at the interdisciplinary contemporaneous scenery between Philosophy and Critical Social Psychology, in attempt of overcoming the dicotomies between the intellective and the affective, mind and body, subjective and objective, among others. Through theoretical studies, it was interesting to analyze and deepen about the emotions in such conceptions and it was also possible to relate them. Thus, it could be found in literature references that indicate the emotions as mobilizers of social commitment and of the involvement in praxis of positive transformation of reality, that is, it was noticed that transforming actions are based on strong emotional manifestations.