In this Book
- Psychology and Politics: Intersections of Science and Ideology in the History of Psy-Sciences
- Book
- 2019
- Published by: Central European University Press
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summary
Psy-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.
Table of Contents
- Copyright Page
- p. 5
- Table of Contents
- pp. v-vii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-8
- Part I. Cultural Representations of Psychoanalysis in Personal and Social History
- “A Museum of Human Excrement”
- pp. 11-22
- Part II. Ferenczi and Róheim Revisited
- Violence, Trauma, and Hypocrisy
- pp. 81-94
- Part III. Psychoanalysis and Psy-Knowledge in Soft and Hard Dictatorships
- Part IV. The Politics of Psychiatry—Bodies, Illnesses, and Mental Health
- Part V. Critical Psychology and the Epistemology of Psy-Knowledge
- Is Integration Possible for Psychoanalysis?
- pp. 345-352
- About the Authors
- pp. 365-366
- Index of Names
- pp. 367-372
- Back Cover
- p. 373
Additional Information
ISBN
9789633862827
Related ISBN(s)
9789633863121
MARC Record
OCLC
1128091406
Pages
380
Launched on MUSE
2019-11-21
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-ND