Abstract:
This article refers to the composition of the discursive field around the labor question, of social economy contribution, as extended by the mental health strategy. Through mapping and some analytical operators of Foucault (biopolitics, governmentality, normalization), we mapped the configuration of forces and clashes that elaborated the formation of Brazilian public policy regarding mental health and solidarity economy. In our analysis we point out an ambiguity presented in the documents regarding this work concept, the polysemy of terms and expressions used to designate labor activity, a significant discourse on the appreciation of insertion in the formal labor market via employment, and the lack of political and legal strategies that give sustainability to practical experiences. However, we highlight how the solidarity economy in mental health also differs by valuing work as a possibility of being social in a more integral way than the utilitarian and normative relations that capitalism heavily invests.
Keywords:
mental health; public policy; solidarity economy; collective health