Corrupção no Brasil: uma visão da psicologia analítica

Camila Souza Novaes

Authors

Camila Souza Novaes Universidade de Essex

Keywords:

Corruption, cultural complex, cultural trauma, trickster, good and evil

Abstract

In recent years, international media has exposed several corruption-related scandals, which have shown not only the fragility of political systems but also the global scale of corruption. Corruption is more than a trending topic, it is a global phenomenon with severe consequences that seems to have particular distinctions from country to country. For example, in Brazil, corruption is a widespread and a pressing social problem that seems to be directly connected with the Brazilian collective identity and, for many, is intrinsic to the “Brazilian way” (jeitinho brasileiro). Although corruption has been a matter of discussion for many different fields of study, most existing theories of corruption are unilateral and partial as they focus on just a part of the problem, placing the responsibility on either the lack of morality of Brazilians and their politicians, or on the inefficiency of the judicial system. People’s opinion and current interpretive theories are superficial and tend to conclude that corruption is res- ponsible for all social problems in Brazil. Analytical Psychology can contribute with new approaches to the study of the corruption phenomenon. By applying psychotherapeutic values to political issues, I believe this research can help psychotherapists to open a two-way path between “inner realities” and the “world of politics” as Andrew Samuels proposes. This research proposes a closer look at the relationship between the “inner reality” of the Brazilian people and the “world of politics” in Brazil, particularly focusing on Brazilian corruption. The objective of this research is to analyse corruption in its three different but complementary levels: individual, cultural and archetypal. I discuss the Brazilian cultural complexes and cultural traumas that were already identified by Brazilian Jungians and that might be related to the current social-political scenario of the country. I argue that one of those complexes has not been completely identified yet: the Brazilian version of the trickster archetype that seems to be opressing the Brazilian psyche, the cultural complex malandro. I also argue that political corruption must be seen not only as a selfish act of an individual, but more broadly, as a social construct and also as something related to the corruption of human nature itself.

Author Biography

Camila Souza Novaes, Universidade de Essex

Jungian Analyst. PhD student at the University of Essex, United Kingdom (Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies). Master Degree in Clinical Psychology at PUC-SP, Brazil (Center of Jungian Studies). Coordinator of the Psychotherapeutic Clinic of Lar Harmonia Foun- dation in Salvador, Brazil.

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