Dublin Core
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)
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