When the Law is Deaf:: A Recent Case in the History of the Relation between Psychology and Law

This paper presents an analysis of José’s case, a deaf-mute who was treated as insane and, for being accused of murder attempt, was condemned to reclusion in a mental hospital. The case is an example of what Michel Foucault calls ubu-esque and enlights the relationships between Psychology and Law, s...

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Autores: Camargos, Liliane, Belo, Fábio
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Psicologia (Universidade de Brasília. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/17846
Acesso em linha:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/17846
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Surdez
Ubuesco
Foucault
Direito
Subjetividade
Deafness
Ubuesque
Law
Subjectivity
Descrição
Resumo:This paper presents an analysis of José’s case, a deaf-mute who was treated as insane and, for being accused of murder attempt, was condemned to reclusion in a mental hospital. The case is an example of what Michel Foucault calls ubu-esque and enlights the relationships between Psychology and Law, specially the political fundamentals in Forensic Psychology.