Psychology and Politics : Intersections of Science and Ideology in the History of Psy-Sciences

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Title

Psychology and Politics : Intersections of Science and Ideology in the History of Psy-Sciences

Subject

Psychology

Description

Psy-sciences (psychology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, pedagogy, criminology, special education, etc.) have been connected to politics in diverse ways during the 20th and 21st centuries. Besides episodes in the history of psychoanalysis in politically troubled times, the chapters in the book explore the full variety of “psy” disciplines in dictatorships and authoritarian regimes such as Nazi Germany, East European communist regimes, a Latin-American military dictatorship, and the South African apartheid regime, discussing psychology’s role in legitimating and “normalizing” dictatorships. The essays’ authors also explain the ideological and political foundations of ideas concerning mental health and illness in Russia, Hungary, post-war Transylvania, and Germany. Currents of critical psychology are also discussed, which try to understand how academic, therapeutic, and everyday psychological knowledge is produced within the power relations of modern—market or state—capitalist societies

Creator

Borgos, Anna (editor) cc
Gyimesi, Júlia (editor)
Erős, Ferenc (editor)

Source

https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/40003

Publisher

CEU Press

Date

2019

Contributor

Siti Muzaroh

Rights

All rights reserved

Format

PDF

Language

English

Type

Textbooks

Identifier

10.7829/9789633863121

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