Abstract
Ao analisar a época de maior afirmação da organização científica do trabalho em Portugal, começou a tornar-se evidente a presença de uma geração de quadros ligada à Acção Católica e aos seus movimentos juvenis, principalmente a Juventude Universitária Católica. Estes indivíduos, além de serem presença assídua enquanto autores de artigos e outras obras relativas à temática, nomeadamente em publicações patronais, surgem, igualmente, presentes em lugares de chefia de organismos estatais ligados às questões do trabalho, como é o caso do Instituto Nacional de Investigação Industrial ou do Ministério das Corporações. Tentando compreender o porquê desta realidade, a nossa investigação conduziu-nos aos meandros do discurso católico sobre o trabalho, fazendo-nos entender a forma como esta preocupação se encontrava inserida numa lógica mais ampla ligada à tentativa de recristianização da sociedade a partir de dentro. Cruzando fontes oriundas da Santa Sé, da Acção Católica, dos núcleos jucistas portugueses e das publicações nas quais estes indivíduos colaboraram pretendemos reconstruir um discurso - o único relativo à organização científica do trabalho em Portugal - e uma realidade que caíram no esquecimento e que em muito nos ajudam a entender algumas das características do processo de desenvolvimento da organização científica do trabalho no País entre 1945 e 1974.
While analyzing the period of greater affirmation of scientific management in Portugal, it began to become clear the presence of a generation of technicians linked to the Catholic Action and its youth movements, especially the “Juventude Universitária Católica”. These individuals were a constant presence in publications about the subject and they were also present in leading positions of State organisms related to labor, such as the National Institute of Industrial Research and the “Ministério das Corporações”. When we tried to understand the cause of this reality, our research led us to the Catholic discourse about labor and made us understand how this concern was related to the attempt to re- Christianize the society from within. Crossing sources from the Holy See, the Catholic Action and Portuguese publications related to labor, we intended to reconstruct a speech - the only one about the scientific management in Portugal - and a reality that had been forgotten and that will help us understand some of the characteristics of the process of development of scientific management in the country between 1945 and 1974.
While analyzing the period of greater affirmation of scientific management in Portugal, it began to become clear the presence of a generation of technicians linked to the Catholic Action and its youth movements, especially the “Juventude Universitária Católica”. These individuals were a constant presence in publications about the subject and they were also present in leading positions of State organisms related to labor, such as the National Institute of Industrial Research and the “Ministério das Corporações”. When we tried to understand the cause of this reality, our research led us to the Catholic discourse about labor and made us understand how this concern was related to the attempt to re- Christianize the society from within. Crossing sources from the Holy See, the Catholic Action and Portuguese publications related to labor, we intended to reconstruct a speech - the only one about the scientific management in Portugal - and a reality that had been forgotten and that will help us understand some of the characteristics of the process of development of scientific management in the country between 1945 and 1974.
Translated title of the contribution | Between Taylor and the Catholic Action. : The scientific management and the attempt to re-Christianize labor in Portugal (1945-1974) |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Pages (from-to) | 969-991 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Horizonte : Revista de Estudos de Teologia e Ciências da Religião |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 38 |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Portugal
- Estado Novo
- Organização científica do trabalho
- Acção Católica