MANUALS OF POSTMODERN LIFE: THE REGULATION OF LIVING BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM

• Main Authors: Camilla Felix Barbosa de Oliveira, Leila Maria Torraca de Brito
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2016-11-01
• Series: Psicologia em Estudo
• Subjects: Pós-modernidade; controle social; justiça.
• Online Access: http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/PsicolEstud/article/view/32335

We live, today, the growing intervention of the Justice system in different areas through policies that would give further effect to the management of relational conflicts and the protection of individual rights. Considering this scenario, this article sought to analyze such a move life adjustment through three productions of the Brazilian Justice system: the Parents’ Divorce Booklet; the Family Booklet - No to parental alienation; and the class guide Count to 10 in schools. From the analysis of contents of such materials was possible to develop a discussion on the ways of life in the context of Postmodernity, particularly with regard to the so-called crisis of authority figures, especially those more directly linked to education and socialization of children and adolescents. It was concluded that the booklets examined, and the Justice system have contributed to the weakening of those positions of authority and consequently with the regulation of living.