Abstract

SALAS, Gonzalo et al. Abnormal childhood in Chile and the experimental pedagogy of Wilhelm Mann (1860-1920). Act.Colom.Psicol. [online]. 2019, vol.22, n.2, pp.251-266.  Epub Aug 13, 2019. ISSN 0123-9155.  https://doi.org/10.14718/acp.2019.22.2.12.

The analyzes carried out by Michel Foucault in the mid-1970s show the emergence of a disciplinary power in the West and the figure of the "mentally weak" in the educational field. This panorama drives the appearance of various theoretical elaborations and intervention modalities called by the author "psi function", which in the case of childhood reaches a remarkable productivity in France at the beginning of the 20th century. This article takes up these issues in order to investigate, in the case of Chile, the deployment of the psychological knowledge and practices that deal with those children who, for various reasons, fail to adapt to the rules imposed by the school system. A historiographic method was used, through the work of archiving and using primary sources with a complement of secondary sources. Among the findings, the crucial contributions of Wilhelm Mann, a German pedagogue and a pioneer figure of psychology in Chile regarding abnormal childhood at the beginning of the 20th century are analyzed. Based on this, a part of his production is explored and analyzed to illuminate the way in which Mann introduces himself into European institutional debates and models and begins to think about an intervention modality on children at the local level.

Keywords : abnormal childhood; psi knowledge; pedagogy; Chile; Michel Foucault; Wilhelm Mann.

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