This thesis investigates the history of preposition stranding in the Modern English period from 1500 to 1900, in close relation with the prescriptive movement in the tradition of English grammatical thought. The aim is to assess, or rather re-assess, thee ffect and effectiveness of the (late) eighteenth-century normative tradition on actual language usage. The methodology lies in the comparison of a precept corpus, i.e.meta-linguistic comments, with a usage corpus, i.e. actual language practice. On the one hand, this study will provide insightful observations into the attitudes towards and conceptualisation of end-placed prepositions in the course of the eighteenth century, the age of prescriptivism. Evidence comes from a self-compiled corpus of observations made on this peculiar usage as gathered from a miscellany of precept works (1700-1800). On the other hand, this thesis will trace the diachronic evolution of the use of preposition stranding before, during and after the age of prescriptivism,as collected in two renowned historical corpora, namely the Early Modern English section of the diachronic part of the Helsinki Corpus (1500-1710) and the British part of A Representative Corpus of Historical English Registers (1650-1899). The evaluation of the evidence from precept and the evidence from usage will shed new light on (a) the origin of the stigmatisation of preposition stranding (micro-level), and(b) the role of the normative tradition on language variation and change(macro-level). First, contrary to what has been taken for granted in the literature hitherto, I will demonstrate that the proscription against ending sentences with prepositions does not go back directly to the late eighteenth-century heyday of publication of precept works (e.g. Robert Lowth's grammar) but to the mid/late seventeenth-century incipient stages of the prescriptive tradition embraced with ideals of correctness and politeness; especially, to the grammarian and rhetorician Joshua Poole and to the literary writer John Dryden. Language change can thus be observed as early as the early eighteenth century. Secondly, I will provide evidence to show that late eighteenth-century precepts did exert an influence on the use of preposition stranding. The effect is manifest in contemporaneous writings and the effectiveness extends into the early nineteenth century. Nonetheless, it is only a temporary one, as the trends reverse in the late nineteenth century when prescriptivism was fading away. It will be argued that the eighteenth-century normative tradition did not trigger linguistic change but rather reinforced an existing trend.

The aim for this study is to identify and analyze general trends, logics, and structures within the Swedish education system, and whether these are consistent with society's growing need for creative individuals. Furthermore, this study aims to identify possible tensions, paradoxes, and challenges regarding the role and function of creativity in relation to education. The aims have been approached by a problem-oriented method, based on a literature review as well as semi-structured interviews with key representatives of the Swedish education system. Overall the study has captured an international and national movement, where creativity in education on the basis of socio-economic, political, institutional, and individual embossed perspectives, has come to be a high priority. This development is based on a critique of today's knowledge-oriented education system, which is no longer considered compatible with today's society. The study has identified multidimensional barriers and opportunities for creativity in late modern education systems, and furthermore recognized creativity in education systems as an important aspect in how to address contemporary and future societal challenges.

Nell’ambito della linguistica storica inglese si è assistito solo negli ultimi anni all’emergere di un nuovo interesse accademico e al conseguente sviluppo di un nuovo campo di ricerca: il Late(r) Modern English (LModE). Lo studio diacronico della lingua inglese, tradizionalmente spintosi fino a includere il periodo dell’Early Modern English, ha infatti solo recentemente accolto nel suo raggio d’indagine lo studio dei secoli a noi più vicini, il XVIII e il XIX, precedentemente soprannominati “the Cinderellas of English historical linguistic study” (Jones 1989). Il presente lavoro propone un’analisi storica e sociolinguistica del periodo che considera l’evoluzione linguistica del British English, l’importante fenomeno del prescrittivismo linguistico e lo sviluppo della grammatografia inglese nel XVIII secolo. Il primo capitolo propone una collocazione temporale del LModE tra il 1660 e il 1945, ne traccia i principali sviluppi storici e sociali, e presenta lo stato dell’arte sulla variazione linguistica del periodo. Il secondo capitolo presenta un’analisi approfondita delle diverse ideologie che hanno contribuito allo sviluppo del prescrittivismo quale fenomeno linguisticamente e culturalmente pervasivo. Il terzo capitolo, infine, traccia lo sviluppo settecentesco della grammatica come genere normativo e presenta l’analisi dettagliata di un'opera finora poco osservata: “Grammatical Observations on the English Language” (1766) del reverendo Caleb Fleming (1698-1779). / A growing amount of scholarly attention has been paid to Late(r) Modern English since Jones (1989) famously dubbed the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries “the Cinderellas of English historical linguistic study”. The present work aims to contribute to such process of “De-Cinderellisation” (Rodriguez-Alvarez & Rodriguez-Gil 2011) through a historical and sociolinguistic account that links the evolution of British English in modern times to the rise of linguistic normativism and the development of grammars. The first chapter frames the period between 1660 and 1945, reports on the major socio-historical developments of the time, and tracks the linguistic variation through a state-of-the-art survey. The second chapter offers a lengthy and thorough examination of the different ideologies which brought about the all-pervasive linguistic and cultural phenomenon of prescriptivism. Finally the third chapter details the eighteenth-century development of English grammars as a normative genre and focuses on the micro-level analysis of the under-researched work by Rev. Caleb Fleming (1698-1779): “Grammatical Observations on the English Language” (1766).

The purpose of this paper is to explore how masculinity and femininity are constructed in the magazine Veckorevyn, through a critical discourse analysis of 18 articles from six issues in 2011. This is done by using a variety of theories and previous research results, which is gender theory, the theory of late-modern society and media theory. The analysis shows that Veckorevyn depicts virility and feminine differently. Furthermore, pointing the results from the analysis that a change of manhood and womanhood takes place in the social practice. The selection of articles from the magazine also shows that Veckorevyn seems to promote gender equality.

Den här uppsatsen ämnar att undersöka Anders Behring Breiviks manifest i samband med det moderna samhället och den situation som detta sätter individen i.Med hjälp av Erich Fromms tankar kring friheten och flyktmekanismer, Thomas Ziehesnarcissism och kulturell friställning och Giddens teori kring självidentiteten i den senmoderna epoken försöker jag nå förklaringar till hur Breivik kunde nå de slutsatser han gjorde. Analysen av det utdrag ur manifestet som är uppsatsens material utifrån vilka värden Breivik vill försvara och vilka fiender som hotar dessa. Resultatet är att det är ett flertal fiender som hotar de värden Breivik vill försvara och att det måste till en analys ur ett individ-, kultur- och systemperspektiv för att nå en tillfredställande förklaring. Breivik förstås utifrån den auktoritära karaktären som enbart ser relationer mellan människor som positioner av under- eller överläge, genom de kulturella förutsättningar som finns i samhället samt genom att han inte utvecklat den tillit som Giddens anser är grunden för att människor kan verka i en alltmer riskabel tillvaro. / This paper aims to examine the manifesto of Anders Behring Breivik and put it in thecontext of modern society and the situation that the individual is in.Using Erich Fromms thoughts about freedom and escape mechanisms, Thomas Ziehesnarcissism and cultural and Giddens theory about self-identity in the late modern age I try to reach explanations about how Breivik could reach the conclussions he did.The analysis of a part of the manifesto, which is the papers material, about which valuesBreivik wants to defend and which the enemies are that threatened these. The result is that there are a number of enemies which threaten these values that Breivik wants to defend and that an analysis from a individual-, cultural and system perspectives is required to reach a satisfying explaination.Breivik is understood from the view of the authoritarian character who only sees human relations as positions of dominance or subordinance, through the cultural presets that exist in society and through not developing the trust that Giddens sees as the foundations on which humans stand to cope with life in increasingly risky enviroment.

This essay focuses on two cases studies that include two game designers’ views of meaning-making construction in games and an analysis of their corresponding games. This isplaced in relation to the late modern Sweden context. The study examines how the designersconceive purposeful play by employing a multi-disciplinary approach consistingof Pruyser’s three-world model, Bell’s ritualization framework, and, Howard’s quest theory.Such a study is relevant due to the new ways meaning-making is actively producedwithin games and contributes to the understanding of meaning-making in late modernSweden. The two designers work at DICE and Starbreeze Studios and were interviewedusing a semi-structured methodology. The data is analyzed with a qualitative narrativetechnique applying an inductive theoretical lens to analyze the data thematically. Bothrespondents illustrate patterns of meaning-making in their construction of games wherefunctionality is central and vital to produce purposeful play. The construction of illusionisticgame worlds encloses on feelings of authenticity to the world’s structure. Realistic,autistic, and, object symbolism operate to mold the world structure and are connected tothe designers’ genre. The designer from DICE promotes realistic worlds and the designerfrom Starbreeze Studios autistic representations. Ritualized practice within the worldfocuses on combat differentiation techniques to legitimize violent practice. The designers’realistic world construction makes combat plausible within its border and autistic worldsare empowered by back-stories. Opposition is seen as essential in both cases. The correspondinggame shows similar tendencies except that many of the quest themes are intactalthough the designers themselves consider the games to use less of the mythologicalformulae. Characters, themes, and, allegorical imagery was used to amplify the sense ofdialectic oppositions and logical opposition where the enemy is always darker. However,the hero and heroes are considerably grimmer compared to the stereotypical hero. Meaningis maintained through non-allegorical quests where the player and hero are motivatedby functionality linked to opposition or emotional elements. An anti-heroic concept isemployed to construct a practical and credible hero-character that has ambivalent attributesand convincing behavior. An alteration to dark-light symbolism can also be seen inone of the cases. In relation to other studies, this essay has broaden the spectrum of thepsychology of religion in terms of fields for meaning strategies; confirming ritualizedstrategies in video games; displayed altered ways of using mythological symbols in theSwedish context; presented cultural differences in hero structures that might be based onthe Swedish context.

This study acknowledges how the democratic mission has changed over time and which role it has today. By using a comparative idea analysis, fourteen Swedish and Finish curriculums and syllabuses stretching from 1970 to 2015 has been analysed and compared. Therefore, our purpose is to analyse how the curriculums and syllabuses can be compared to the modern society versus the late modern society, by using ideal types based on theories that legitimates our study. With this method, we were able to compare how much the late modern society has influenced the Swedish and Finnish curriculums and syllabuses. In the result, we concluded that the Finnish curriculums are still influenced by the modern society in a broader way than the Swedish. The Swedish curriculums have been more influenced by the late modern society as a result of the increased focus on the individual, which is a consequent of the development from the modern to the late modern society. The latest Finnish curriculums are also influenced by the late modern society. However, when they write about individuals, the importance of being a part of the community is always the primary goal. The comparison between the countries syllabuses shows a different sight of the subject social studies. In Sweden, it plays a larger role in the mission of creating democratic citizens, as to Finland, where it plays almost the same role as all the other subjects. The final discussion in this study is whether the democratic mission is still functioning in the society we are living in today. The conclusion is that it has to be changed, otherwise it will not legitimize in the late modern society. Furthermore, it has to change from being a firm mission to a more fluid one. Additionally, it has to create an environment where the pupils can become liberate subjects.

The thesis attempts at providing a critical evaluation of the city as the mythological site of modernity. For that purpose, highlighting such special nature of the urban context as it finds expression by the cinematic medium, what is aimed at is the analysis of, first, the mythical dimensions of modern urban life as the prime site of enthusiasm and spirit with its fleeting impressions and changing images, secondly, the (re)creation of the city myth through cinema as an elaborate perceptive vehicle for a specific way of picturing and enframing the cityscape and, lastly the representation of the destruction of such myth. In this way, it will also be possible to point out concretely that the city experience of the modern individual simultaneously embodies fascination and horror, hope and despair. In order to explain the situation of the modern individual in the big city, Odysseus&rsquo / s encounter with mythological forces in ancient world are taken as a parable in the footsteps of Adorno and Horkheimer&rsquo / s allegoric interpretation of Homer&rsquo / s Odyssey. Specifically speaking, the cinematic representation of Istanbul-myth and the destruction of this myth in Turkish cinema of the nineties will be examined through three prominent examples in the light of the above theoretical considerations.

LEMOS, Patrícia Mendes. Considerações Éticas sobre o Centro de Atenção Psicossocial no contexto cearense: o olhar do supervisor clinico institucional. 2012. 186f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia, Fortaleza (CE), 2012. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-11-25T16:53:59Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2012-DIS-PMLEMOS.pdf: 1806416 bytes, checksum: 225f9e43fb4ef91c492d1d7ff4ab3deb (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-11-25T17:28:38Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2012-DIS-PMLEMOS.pdf: 1806416 bytes, checksum: 225f9e43fb4ef91c492d1d7ff4ab3deb (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-11-25T17:28:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2012-DIS-PMLEMOS.pdf: 1806416 bytes, checksum: 225f9e43fb4ef91c492d1d7ff4ab3deb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / The research deals with the suffering and mental illness at the Center for Psychosocial Care (CAPS) and its ethical ramifications. Amid the demands and subjective productions of a social context understood as late-modern, which we named as a late-modern demands in Mental Health, this device takes responsibility for understanding, care and treatment of a subject historically excluded by its relationship with madness, establishing itself as the place par excellence for the care of the other-otherness. We set the following assumptions: 1) there is an ethic that subsidizes specific practices of Mental Health developed by CAPS, 2) the demands of late-modern mental health are made in relation to the socio-historical context and 3) this context produces specific ways of distress and mental illness. Given this, we were encouraged to achieve an understanding of the ethical dimension in CAPS, reaching the primary question: What is the relationship between the ethical dimension present in the CAPS and the demands of late-modern mental health? During the contact with the otherness of the texts of authors who have given theoretical support to the study as well as with the difference element seen in the discourses / texts of the respondents, we found that the ethical dimension could not be understood, unless in the uniqueness and complexity of its relationship with the demands. As a result, we adopt the general goal: to understand the ethical dimension in Psychosocial Care Center on its relationship with the late-modern demands in Mental Health. And we also take specific objectives: to characterize the late-modern demands in Mental Health from the horizons presented by CAPS supervisors and understand the ethical dimension in their relationship with the CAPS in the practice of clinical-institutional supervision. Faced with the aspiration to capture understanding dimensions about the theme, we chose the philosophical hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer as a methodological possibility, through the process of fusion of different horizons presented, as well as the elements of otherness and history hidden in the texts / discourses. The choice of supervisors of CAPS, as the possibility to access the practice and reflection that pervade the reality of these devices, due to the fact that these subjects occupy an external position (they do not act directly in contact with users through therapeutic unlike the technical), as well as its primary function of inquiry and intervention, which ultimately aims to comply with the ethical-political principles that the CAPS advocate in line with the objectives of the Mental Health Reform. We then conducted seven semi-structured interviews, which served for the interpretive philosophical exercise. The issues raised and the elements to our understanding constitute a tripod of analysis, whose result was condensed into specific themes, which are revealing of the objectives pursued in relation to the ethical dimension of the CAPS. These themes shaped: aspects of ethics and the ethical limits of the system of Mental Health, the late-modern demands and ethical requirement of the other, and the place of ethics in the Psychosocial Care Center. Running along a pertinent discussion on the place of suffering and mental illness in CAPS, its inseparable relationship with the socio-historical context and the complexity of issues that involve ethical dimensions, we point out the radical Levinasian ethics as a parameter, from which the practices of mental health could be rethought and reinvented in order to reach the most relevant answers and consonant with the magnitude of the other-alterity, whose presence imposes so irresistible to the actors who participate in a process of change in permanent construction. / A pesquisa versa sobre o sofrimento e o adoecimento psíquicos no Centro de Atenção Psicossocial (CAPS) e os seus desdobramentos éticos. Em meio às demandas e produções subjetivas de um contexto social entendido como tardomoderno, às quais nomeamos como demandas tardomodernas em Saúde Mental, este dispositivo assume a responsabilidade pela compreensão, acolhimento e tratamento de um sujeito historicamente excluído por sua relação com a loucura, constituindo-se como o lugar por excelência do cuidado do outro-alteridade. Parte-se dos seguintes pressupostos: 1) existe uma ética que subsidia práticas específicas de Saúde Mental desenvolvidas no CAPS; 2) as demandas tardomodernas em Saúde Mental são constituídas em sua relação com o contexto histórico-social e; 3) este contexto produz modos específicos de sofrimento e adoecimento psíquicos. Diante disto, logrou-se a compreensão da dimensão ética nos CAPS, chegando ao questionamento primordial: Qual a relação entre a dimensão ética presente nos CAPS e as demandas tardomodernas em Saúde Mental? No decorrer do contato com a alteridade dos textos dos autores que concederam sustentação teórica ao estudo, assim como com o elemento diferença presente nos discursos/textos dos entrevistados, pôde-se constatar que a dimensão ética não seria apreendida, a não ser na singularidade e na complexidade de sua relação com as demandas em questão. Em decorrência disto, adotou-se o objetivo geral de: compreender a dimensão ética no Centro de Atenção Psicossocial em sua relação com as demandas tardomodernas em Saúde Mental. Definiu-se, ainda, como objetivos específicos: caracterizar as demandas tardomodernas em Saúde Mental a partir dos horizontes apresentados pelos supervisores de CAPS e compreender a dimensão ética em sua relação com o CAPS no âmbito da prática de supervisão clínico institucional. Ante a aspiração de captar dimensões compreensivas acerca da temática, elegeu-se a hermenêutica filosófica de Hans-Georg Gadamer como possibilidade metodológica, por meio do processo de fusão dos diferentes horizontes apresentados, bem como dos elementos de alteridade e historicidade velados nos textos/discursos. A escolha dos supervisores de CAPS como possibilidade de acesso a práxis e às reflexões que permeiam a realidade destes dispositivos deveu-se ao fato de estes sujeitos ocuparem uma posição externa (pois não atuam diretamente no contato com os usuários através de condutas terapêuticas, diferentemente dos técnicos), assim como por sua função prioritária de questionamento e intervenção, a qual, em última instância, visa ao cumprimento dos princípios ético-políticos que os CAPS propugnam em consonância com os objetivos da Reforma da Saúde Mental. Foram então realizadas sete entrevistas semi-estruturadas, que serviram ao exercício interpretativo de cunho filosófico. As questões suscitadas e os elementos dados à nossa compreensão constituíram um tripé de análise, cujas resultantes foram condensadas em temáticas específicas, sendo estas reveladoras dos objetivos almejados em relação à dimensão ética subjacente ao CAPS. Tais temáticas configuraram: os aspectos deontológicos e os limites éticos do sistema de Saúde Mental, as demandas tardomodernas e a exigência ética do outro e, o lugar da ética no Centro de Atenção Psicossocial. Perpassando uma pertinente discussão sobre o lugar do sofrimento e do adoecimento psíquicos nos CAPS, sua relação inseparável com o contexto histórico-social e a complexidade de aspectos que envolvem dimensões éticas, chegou-se a apontar a radicalidade ética levinasiana como parâmetro, a partir do qual as práticas de Saúde Mental pudessem ser repensadas e reinventadas, para o alcance de respostas mais pertinentes e consonantes com a grandeza do outro-alteridade, cuja presença impõe-se de modo irrecusável aos atores participantes de um processo de mudança em permanente construção.

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / A pesquisa versa sobre o sofrimento e o adoecimento psÃquicos no Centro de AtenÃÃo Psicossocial (CAPS) e os seus desdobramentos Ãticos. Em meio Ãs demandas e produÃÃes subjetivas de um contexto social entendido como tardomoderno, Ãs quais nomeamos como demandas tardomodernas em SaÃde Mental, este dispositivo assume a responsabilidade pela compreensÃo, acolhimento e tratamento de um sujeito historicamente excluÃdo por sua relaÃÃo com a loucura, constituindo-se como o lugar por excelÃncia do cuidado do outro-alteridade. Parte-se dos seguintes pressupostos: 1) existe uma Ãtica que subsidia prÃticas especÃficas de SaÃde Mental desenvolvidas no CAPS; 2) as demandas tardomodernas em SaÃde Mental sÃo constituÃdas em sua relaÃÃo com o contexto histÃrico-social e; 3) este contexto produz modos especÃficos de sofrimento e adoecimento psÃquicos. Diante disto, logrou-se a compreensÃo da dimensÃo Ãtica nos CAPS, chegando ao questionamento primordial: Qual a relaÃÃo entre a dimensÃo Ãtica presente nos CAPS e as demandas tardomodernas em SaÃde Mental? No decorrer do contato com a alteridade dos textos dos autores que concederam sustentaÃÃo teÃrica ao estudo, assim como com o elemento diferenÃa presente nos discursos/textos dos entrevistados, pÃde-se constatar que a dimensÃo Ãtica nÃo seria apreendida, a nÃo ser na singularidade e na complexidade de sua relaÃÃo com as demandas em questÃo. Em decorrÃncia disto, adotou-se o objetivo geral de: compreender a dimensÃo Ãtica no Centro de AtenÃÃo Psicossocial em sua relaÃÃo com as demandas tardomodernas em SaÃde Mental. Definiu-se, ainda, como objetivos especÃficos: caracterizar as demandas tardomodernas em SaÃde Mental a partir dos horizontes apresentados pelos supervisores de CAPS e compreender a dimensÃo Ãtica em sua relaÃÃo com o CAPS no Ãmbito da prÃtica de supervisÃo clÃnico institucional. Ante a aspiraÃÃo de captar dimensÃes compreensivas acerca da temÃtica, elegeu-se a hermenÃutica filosÃfica de Hans-Georg Gadamer como possibilidade metodolÃgica, por meio do processo de fusÃo dos diferentes horizontes apresentados, bem como dos elementos de alteridade e historicidade velados nos textos/discursos. A escolha dos supervisores de CAPS como possibilidade de acesso a prÃxis e Ãs reflexÃes que permeiam a realidade destes dispositivos deveu-se ao fato de estes sujeitos ocuparem uma posiÃÃo externa (pois nÃo atuam diretamente no contato com os usuÃrios atravÃs de condutas terapÃuticas, diferentemente dos tÃcnicos), assim como por sua funÃÃo prioritÃria de questionamento e intervenÃÃo, a qual, em Ãltima instÃncia, visa ao cumprimento dos princÃpios Ãtico-polÃticos que os CAPS propugnam em consonÃncia com os objetivos da Reforma da SaÃde Mental. Foram entÃo realizadas sete entrevistas semi-estruturadas, que serviram ao exercÃcio interpretativo de cunho filosÃfico. As questÃes suscitadas e os elementos dados à nossa compreensÃo constituÃram um tripà de anÃlise, cujas resultantes foram condensadas em temÃticas especÃficas, sendo estas reveladoras dos objetivos almejados em relaÃÃo à dimensÃo Ãtica subjacente ao CAPS. Tais temÃticas configuraram: os aspectos deontolÃgicos e os limites Ãticos do sistema de SaÃde Mental, as demandas tardomodernas e a exigÃncia Ãtica do outro e, o lugar da Ãtica no Centro de AtenÃÃo Psicossocial. Perpassando uma pertinente discussÃo sobre o lugar do sofrimento e do adoecimento psÃquicos nos CAPS, sua relaÃÃo inseparÃvel com o contexto histÃrico-social e a complexidade de aspectos que envolvem dimensÃes Ãticas, chegou-se a apontar a radicalidade Ãtica levinasiana como parÃmetro, a partir do qual as prÃticas de SaÃde Mental pudessem ser repensadas e reinventadas, para o alcance de respostas mais pertinentes e consonantes com a grandeza do outro-alteridade, cuja presenÃa impÃe-se de modo irrecusÃvel aos atores participantes de um processo de mudanÃa em permanente construÃÃo. / The research deals with the suffering and mental illness at the Center for Psychosocial Care (CAPS) and its ethical ramifications. Amid the demands and subjective productions of a social context understood as late-modern, which we named as a late-modern demands in Mental Health, this device takes responsibility for understanding, care and treatment of a subject historically excluded by its relationship with madness, establishing itself as the place par excellence for the care of the other-otherness. We set the following assumptions: 1) there is an ethic that subsidizes specific practices of Mental Health developed by CAPS, 2) the demands of late-modern mental health are made in relation to the socio-historical context and 3) this context produces specific ways of distress and mental illness. Given this, we were encouraged to achieve an understanding of the ethical dimension in CAPS, reaching the primary question: What is the relationship between the ethical dimension present in the CAPS and the demands of late-modern mental health? During the contact with the otherness of the texts of authors who have given theoretical support to the study as well as with the difference element seen in the discourses / texts of the respondents, we found that the ethical dimension could not be understood, unless in the uniqueness and complexity of its relationship with the demands. As a result, we adopt the general goal: to understand the ethical dimension in Psychosocial Care Center on its relationship with the late-modern demands in Mental Health. And we also take specific objectives: to characterize the late-modern demands in Mental Health from the horizons presented by CAPS supervisors and understand the ethical dimension in their relationship with the CAPS in the practice of clinical-institutional supervision. Faced with the aspiration to capture understanding dimensions about the theme, we chose the philosophical hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer as a methodological possibility, through the process of fusion of different horizons presented, as well as the elements of otherness and history hidden in the texts / discourses. The choice of supervisors of CAPS, as the possibility to access the practice and reflection that pervade the reality of these devices, due to the fact that these subjects occupy an external position (they do not act directly in contact with users through therapeutic unlike the technical), as well as its primary function of inquiry and intervention, which ultimately aims to comply with the ethical-political principles that the CAPS advocate in line with the objectives of the Mental Health Reform. We then conducted seven semi-structured interviews, which served for the interpretive philosophical exercise. The issues raised and the elements to our understanding constitute a tripod of analysis, whose result was condensed into specific themes, which are revealing of the objectives pursued in relation to the ethical dimension of the CAPS. These themes shaped: aspects of ethics and the ethical limits of the system of Mental Health, the late-modern demands and ethical requirement of the other, and the place of ethics in the Psychosocial Care Center. Running along a pertinent discussion on the place of suffering and mental illness in CAPS, its inseparable relationship with the socio-historical context and the complexity of issues that involve ethical dimensions, we point out the radical Levinasian ethics as a parameter, from which the practices of mental health could be rethought and reinvented in order to reach the most relevant answers and consonant with the magnitude of the other-alterity, whose presence imposes so irresistible to the actors who participate in a process of change in permanent construction.