Abstract:
This paper discusses how insurgent struggles against Brazilian and Latin American State terrorism produced new ideas in Psychology and changed the means of political participation of subjects who upheld radical practices of political conflicts. The method was developed through bibliographical review and semi-structured interviews with four ex-guerilla members from Brazil and one from Colombia. Books and articles about: Liberation Psychology, Military Dictatorship and Armed Guerilla were selected for the bibliographical review . Content analysis aimed to identify narratives related to the process of conscientization. It was perceived that insurgent activity turned possible the emergence of psychological ideas and practices aimed at the creation of just social relations. Insurgency was also the condition of possibility to the creation of new experiences and discussions about political activity in the experiences of those who participated in the armed struggle against military dictatorship. Insurgency can turn periods of social crisis into something that drives change and emancipation. This is possible in Psychology, which can move from a normative position to a critical one and also in the experiences of political militants that constituted themselves as insurgent subjectivities striving for social change and revolution. Financial support: CNPq and CAPES.
Keywords:
Dictatorship; Social Psychology; Politics; Political Psychology; Latin America