Brazilian Navy: a trajectory of uniform(ization)

Abstract

The examination of the foundations of Brazilian Navy and its professionals was conducted through a socio-historical analysis, considering that both have a historical trajectory and a source and social bases, based on the way they were conceived. It is believed that they are effects of the modern scientific rationality and that they were produced during a path traversed by striking changes in the panorama of contemporary Western world. The uniform(ization) refers to a process of assimilation of military values and precepts to conform a "spirit" in order to make the individual a member of the military organization and a homeland server. The trajectory of uniform(ization) was unfolded, throughout history, through the process of professionalization of the military. Besides, the uniform(ization) is daily updated within the institution through several strategies of framing. This article presents some results of the research that resulted in the Doctoral Thesis of the course of the Post-Graduate Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro on military who are alcoholic patients in an outpatient clinic of Brazilian Navy.

Keywords

• Militares. Recrutamento militar. Estado. Guerra. Racionalidade científica.