Arthur Ramos de Araújo Pereira was born in 1903, in Pilar, Alagoas. Between 1920 and 1949, he published some of the first works on psychoanalysis in the country and played an important role in the constitution of social psychology and in the studies on ethnic-racial relations in Brazil (Barros, 2005).
Despite his untimely death, at age of 46, he wrote an extensive work that reflected the important themes of his time. The criticism of biological determinism and the notion of racial inferiority, as well as the criticism of the authoritarian elements present in the country – especially after the establishment of the Estado Novo (New State) dictatorship (1937–1945), were linked to his analysis on the psychic dynamism in individuals and in specific social groups. In this way, he characterized himself as an intellectual who devoted his work not only to interpreting Brazil but to finding ways to overcome its main problems.
Arthur Ramos joined the Faculty of Medicine of Bahia in 1921, and...
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Selected Works
Ramos, A. (1933a). Psychiatria e psychanalyse [Psychiatry and psychoanalysis]. Editora Guanabara, Waissman Koogan.
Ramos, A. (1933b). As novas diretrizes da psiquiatria [The new guidelines of psychiatry]. Revista Médica da Bahia, 2, 1–5.
Ramos, A. (1934a). O movimento psicanalítico no Brasil [The psychoanalytic movement in Brazil]. Revista Médica da Bahia, II(2), 55–56.
Ramos, A. (1934b). Educação e Psicanálise [Education and psychoanalysis]. Companhia Editora Nacional.
Ramos, A. (1937). Loucura e crime [Madness and crime]. Globo.
Ramos, A. (1971). O negro na civilização brasileira [The Black in Brazilian Civilization]. Guanabara.
Ramos, A. (1942). A aculturação negra no Brasil [Black acculturation in Brazil]. Companhia Editora Nacional.
Ramos, A. (1947). Introdução à Antropologia Brasileira [Introduction to Brazilian anthropology]. Casa do Estudante do Brasil.
Ramos, A. (2003). Introdução à Psicologia Social [Introduction to social psychology]. Casa do Psicólogo. Conselho federal de Psicologia.
Ramos, A. (2007). O folclore negro no Brasil: demopsicologia e psicanálise [The Black Folklore of Brazil: Demopsychology and psychoanalysis]. Martins Fontes.
References
Barros, L. O. C. (2005). Arthur Ramos e as dinâmicas sociais de seu tempo. [Arthur Ramos and the social dynamics of his time]. Ed. Ufal.
Maio, M. C. (2015). Caminhos de Arthur Ramos: a busca do Brasil como projeto civilizatório [Arthur Ramos’ paths: the search for Brazil as a civilizing Project]. In G. Hochman & N. T. Lima (Eds.), Médicos Interpretes do Brasil. [Interpreters physicians of Brazil]. Hucitec Editora.
Mercadante, J. (2015). Análise das fichas do Serviço de Ortofrenia e Higiene Mental do Rio de Janeiro (Arthur Ramos – 1934–1939): contribuições à História da Psicologia [Analysis of the records of the Orthophrenia and Mental Hygiene Service of Rio de Janeiro (Arthur Ramos – 1934–1939): contributions to the History of Psychology]. Oficina do Historiador, VIII, 2, 80–99.
Oliveira, A. (2019). Arthur Ramos (1903–1949): chefe do Departamento de Ciências Sociais da Unesco [Arthur Ramos (1903–1949): head of UNESCO’s Department of Social Sciences]. Revista Antropolítica, 47(2), 371–389.
Pereira, M. E. C., & Gutman, G. (2007). Primitivo e loucura, ou o inconsciente e a psicopatologia segundo Arthur Ramos [Primitive and madness, or the unconscious and psychopathology according to Arthur Ramos]. Rev. Latino-americana psicopatologia. Fundamental. X, 3, 517–525.
Ramos, A. (1926). Primitivo e loucura. [Primitive and madness]. Imprensa Oficial do Estado.
Ramos, A. (1928). A sordice dos alienados: ensaio de uma psicopatologia da imundice [The sordidness of the Alienated (an essay on a pathology of filth]. Livraria e typ. Do Commercio.
Ramos, A. (1949). A criança problema [The problem child]. Livraria Editora da Casa do Estudante (2ª edição. ed.).
Ramos, A. (2001). O negro brasileiro: etnografia religiosa [The Black Brazilian: religious ethnography]. Graphia.
Tamano, L. T. O. (2013). Arthur Ramos e a mestiçagem no Brasil [Arthur Ramos and miscegenation in Brazil]. EdUFAL.
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Figueira do Nascimento, F.A. (2023). Ramos de Araújo Pereira, Arthur. In: Jacó-Vilela, A.M., Klappenbach, H., Ardila, R. (eds) The Palgrave Biographical Encyclopedia of Psychology in Latin America. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56781-1_318
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