A produção do conhecimento psicológico-psiquiátrico em saúde mental: considerações a partir de um texto exemplar

Este trabalho discute a relação entre ideologia e o conhecimento produzido na Psiquiatria, a fim de desvelar o que está oculto em um texto considerado científico. O material analisado trata da prevenção primária de distúrbios psíquicos que produzem “desajustamento social”. A análise centra-se no próprio conceito de prevenção como ideologia, numa perspectiva crítica que busca as lacunas que garantem e legitimam o poder político dos que detêm o conhecimento hegemônico na área da saúde mental

The configuration of the Brazilian scientific field

This article describes the configuration of the scientific field in Brazil, characterizing the scientific communities in every major area of knowledge in terms of installed capacity, ability to train new researchers, and capacity for academic production. Empirical data from several sources of information are used to characterize the different communities. Articulating the theoretical contributions of Pierre Bourdieu, Ludwik Fleck, and Thomas Kuhn, the following types of capital are analyzed for each community: social capital (scientific prestige), symbolic capital (dominant paradigm), political capital (leadership in S & T policy), and economic capital (resources). Scientific prestige is analyzed by taking into account the volume of production, activity index, citations, and other indicators. To characterize symbolic capital, the dominant paradigms that distinguish the natural sciences, the humanities, applied sciences, and technology development are analyzed theoretically. Political capital is measured by presidency in one of the main agencies in the S & T national system, and research resources and fellowships define the economic capital. The article discusses the composition of these different types of capital and their correspondence to structural capacities in various communities with the aim of describing the configuration of the Brazilian scientific field