The production of social psychology on political topics from historical aspects

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to discuss scientific productions on political topics published in the field of Brazilian social psychology after the end of the civil-military dictatorship in Brazil, from the historical context of this production. The articles were published by researchers associated to Brazilian Social Psychology or Psychology post-graduate programs who identified social psychology as their field of study in the Lattes curriculum. It was possible to articulate the debates proposed in these articles to relevant aspects of the production context such as the "social psychology's crisis", the democratization of health policies in Brazil, the scientific policies developed during the governments of the PSDB and PT parties. The growth of the debate on public policies in the selected production is highlighted, as well as the importance of problematizing the inhibition of scientific production not only in totalitarian regimes, but also in democratic regimes.