Espelho da alma. Teoria social e subjetivação em um conto de Machado de Assis.

This paper aims to present a brief outline of the theoretical intersections in the short history \"The looking glass. Rough draft of a new theory of the human soul\", by Machado de Assis. It departs from the tradiction of social theory that suggests a sociological syntheses between action and strutcture that is closely linked to the issue of one's construction of identity and subjectivaction, their reproduction and social transformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]