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

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

Psychoanalysis; Psychology

sy-sciences (psychology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, pedagogy, criminology, special education, etc.) have been connected to politics in different ways since the early twentieth century. Here in twenty-two essays scholars address a variety of these intersections from a historical perspective. The chapters include such diverse topics as the cultural history of psychoanalysis, the complicated relationship between psychoanalysis and the occult, and the struggles for dominance between the various schools of psychology. They show the ambivalent positions of the "psy" sciences in the dictatorships and authoritarian regimes of Nazi Germany, East European communism, Latin-American military dictatorships, and South African apartheid, revealing the crucial role of psychology in legitimating and "normalizing" these regimes. The authors also discuss the ideological and political aspects of mental health and illness in Hungary, Germany, post-WW1 Transylvania, and Russia. Other chapters describe the attempt by critical psychology to understand the production of academic, therapeutic, and everyday psychological knowledge in the context of the power relations of modern capitalist societies.

Edited by: Anna Borgos , Júlia Gyimesi and Ferenc Erős

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9789633862827/html

Central European University Press

2019

Prasetyo Adi Nugroho

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9789633862827
ISBN: 9789633862827