%0 Journal Article %T A higiene e o governo das almas: o despertar de uma nova rela£¿£¿o %A Br¨¢s %A Jos¨¦ Greg¨®rio Viegas %J Revista Lus¨®fona de Educa£¿£¿o %D 2008 %I Edi??es Universit¨¢rias Lus¨®fonas %X hygiene initiated a new process of a psychological emphasis. hygiene invaded society and drugs became part of the living habits and introduced the duty of health, leading each person to take care of one¡¯s self. hygiene is nothing more than a knowledge that has allowed a new salvation, a new exercise of regulation and surveillance. it¡¯s a knowledge that has structured society, transforming the population and each one in particular. this changing process has required from all of us a search of improvement from a new matrix, a new imaginary. a new mental world was created, new ways of thinking, feeling and acting were introduced in people¡¯s lives, and for this very reason we can say that a new soul was raised. from this new knowledge (which becomes power), each one questioned himself (thought) and built differently. in this sense, hygiene also is ¡°psi¡± knowledge. %K health %K surveillance %K government %K body %K physical education. %U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1645-72502008000200008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en