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1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
| Note |
"The present volume is based on the papers presented originally at the conference held in Budapest in October 2015 under the title Psycho-Politics: The Cross-Sections of Science and Ideology in the History of Psy-Sciences"--Introduction. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Political psychology -- Europe, Eastern -- Congresses.
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Political psychology. |
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Eastern Europe. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Borgos, Anna, editor.
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Erős, Ferenc, editor.
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Gyimesi, Júlia, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Psychology and Politics. New York : Central European University Press, 2019 (DLC) 2018057538 |
| ISBN |
9789633862827 electronic book |
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9633862825 electronic book |
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9633863120 |
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9789633863121 |
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