𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

Including history in the study of psychological and political power

✍ Scribed by Stephanie M. Reich; Tracy Pinkard; Heather Davidson

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
156 KB
Volume
36
Category
Article
ISSN
0090-4392

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Isaac Prilleltensky's (2003) concept of psychopolitical validity stresses the need to consider both the political and the psychological nature of power in the study of wellness, oppression, and liberation. The authors advocate that psychopolitical validity would be strengthened if it included an explicit appreciation of historical context. The inclusion of historical knowledge offers a greater insight into how power has been exercised to promote and maintain oppression, as well as helps to identify methods for working towards social justice. The authors illustrate how the dynamics of power change over time by using examples of how the field of psychology (including community psychology) treated two historically oppressed groups: African Americans and women. Consistent with epistemic validity, investigation into the history of these two groups demonstrates how the role of psychological research has both contributed to the oppression of others, as well as promoted social change. Consistent with transformative validity, these examples illustrate how marginalized groups can work within an oppressive system to challenge the status quo and, in turn, change their position in society. Β© 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

πŸ“œ SIMILAR VOLUMES

The history of psychology in Britain and
The history of psychology in Britain and the founding of β€œthe centre for the history of psychology”
✍ Graham Richards πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 1999 πŸ› John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English βš– 52 KB πŸ‘ 3 views

While British figures played a major role in establishing psychology in the nineteenth century, the British cultural and intellectual setting has been less congenial for the study of the history of psychology than have the environments in either the United States or mainland Europe. In the United St

Connections in the history and systems o
Connections in the history and systems of psychology
✍ Nancy K. Innis πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 1998 πŸ› John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English βš– 406 KB πŸ‘ 3 views

This work is nothing less than a comprehensive reinterpretation of the transformation of higher education in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Julie A. Reuben takes as her focus the fracturing of the nineteenth-century faith in the unity of truth by a series of developments that ult

Defining difference: Race and racism in
Defining difference: Race and racism in the history of psychology
✍ Frances Cherry πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 2005 πŸ› John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English βš– 135 KB

This collection of essays provides the reader with nine richly detailed analyses of how "race" has saturated the psychological century from 1870 to 1970. The nine essays included in this volume highlight the substantial progress that has been made by psychologists themselves in clarifying how psycho