From strengthening the will to develop the personality: body and emotion in the Chilean education (c. 1900- c.1950)

Blanco, Pablo Toro

RESUMEN:

El artículo aborda, sucintamente, algunos aspectos de las vinculaciones entre cuerpo y emoción que, respecto al ámbito educacional chileno, fueron tematizadas por distintos actores a través del período en estudio. Ello supone apreciar cambios desde aquellos enfoques centrados en el control y disciplina del cuerpo (perspectiva hegemónica en el contexto educacional del siglo XIX) hacia nuevas comprensiones de la "naturaleza" de los estudiantes (entendida desde la psicología) y, en consecuencia, a un modo diferente de abordar los atributos de su subjetividad y sus correlatos con lo corporal.

ABSTRACT:

The article briefly discusses some aspects of the linkages between body and emotion which, regarding the Chilean educational field, were analyzed by different actors throughout the studied period. This implies to observe changes from those approaches focused on the control and discipline of the body (hegemonic perspective in the educational context of the nineteenth century) and new understandings of students' "nature" (from psychology) and, consequently, to a different way of approaching the attributes of their subjectivity as well as their embodiment.