2017-11-212017-11-212012CHAVES, Juliana de Castro. A relação entre a positividade do trabalho e a submissão do indivíduo à realidade: elementos para a reflexão da Psicologia. Cadernos de Psicologia Social do Trabalho, São Paulo, v. 15, n. 1, p. 33-48, 2012.1981-0490http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/12929This paper is the result of a theoretical research in which the elements needed for the critical analysis of some work problematizations that prevail in the current world are discussed. It aims to offer bases for the apprehension of work in the concrete social relations and for the reflection on the statements for an apology to work . For this, contributions by Marx and Freud incorporated by the Critical Theory of Society are developed, connected to the Frankfurt School, especially by Marcuse. In this discussion, one may claim that the relationship established by Marx between essence and existence and between nature and history indicates that the concept of work isn’t supra- historical and, also, that the optimistic view on work presents inconsistencies, since it sets up an immediate apprehension of its conquests, providing a microanalysis disconnected from the contradictions of the capitalist society, and it tries to solve the conflict between capital and work by harmonizing the relationships.porAcesso AbertoTrabalhoTeoria críticaPsicologiaWorkCritical theoryPsychologyArtigo