JANUARY — Subjectivity, psychology and the Cuban Revolution

Abstract

This article contains a discussion on the Cuban Revolution and its effects on subjectivity and psychology. The authors reflect on the historical and psychosocial background of the revolutionary process of 1956–1959, the Cuban exception in the Latin American context, the role of objective and subjective factors in the revolution and in the socialist regime, Cuban psychologists' lack of interest in subjectivity, the history of Cuban psychology from the 1950s until now, and the connection of this history with historical events and specifically with the influence of the Soviet Union in Cuba. The great social achievements of the revolution are recognized, but also the appropriation of the revolutionary legacy by the regime and its negative consequences on the subjective sphere.