{"product_id":"psychology-and-politics-anna-borgos-9789633863121","title":"Psychology and Politics: Intersections of Science and Ideology in the History of Psy-Sciences","description":"\u003cp\u003ePsy-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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Borgos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9633863120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789633863121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Central European University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Anna Borgos","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44598620553471,"sku":"9789633863121","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a12247ac-0a9d-49d2-b706-68e6fd1e32a8.jpg?v=1702383522","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/psychology-and-politics-anna-borgos-9789633863121","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}