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
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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.
"While the psy-sciences (psychology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, pedagogy, criminology, special education, etc.) have been studied from historical and political angles before, this volume stands out in its distinct focus on the specifics of the process in Central and Eastern Europe. On the one hand, this part of the world represents the intellectual cradle of psychoanalysis. On the other, much less is known about the biographies and conceptual developments associated with specific individuals, in particular as their thought and activities confronted changing regimes and ideologies. An especially productive aspect of Psychology and Politics is its engagement with primary historical sources around the development of early psychoanalysis and psychology. The most compelling essays in this collection manage to successfully attend to the tension between individual fates and ideas, and larger historical forces. It is interesting to see how now, in times of increasing populism and nationalism, we are turning to the experience of these countries, following how they grapple with attacks on academic subjects such as gender studies, for example, or intellectual freedoms in general, in solidarity as well as out of a desire to learn from their experiences of resisting contemporary structures of authority."
Anna Borgos, Research Fellow, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Ferenc Erős DSc, Professor Emeritus, Doctoral School of Psychology, University of Pécs, Hungary. Júlia Gyimesi, Associate Professor, Department of Personality and Clinical Psychology, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Budapest
"While the psy-sciences (psychology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, pedagogy, criminology, special education, etc.) have been studied from historical and political angles before, this volume stands out in its distinct focus on the specifics of the process in Central and Eastern Europe. On the one hand, this part of the world represents the intellectual cradle of psychoanalysis. On the other, much less is known about the biographies and conceptual developments associated with specific individuals, in particular as their thought and activities confronted changing regimes and ideologies. An especially productive aspect of Psychology and Politics is its engagement with primary historical sources around the development of early psychoanalysis and psychology. The most compelling essays in this collection manage to successfully attend to the tension between individual fates and ideas, and larger historical forces. It is interesting to see how now, in times of increasing populism and nationalism, we are turning to the experience of these countries, following how they grapple with attacks on academic subjects such as gender studies, for example, or intellectual freedoms in general, in solidarity as well as out of a desire to learn from their experiences of resisting contemporary structures of authority."
Anna Borgos, Research Fellow, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Ferenc Erős DSc, Professor Emeritus, Doctoral School of Psychology, University of Pécs, Hungary. Júlia Gyimesi, Associate Professor, Department of Personality and Clinical Psychology, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Budapest