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Getting dirty: psychology's history of power.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17645125     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This introduction to the special issue on the history of power forwards the anthropological concept of "purification" as a means of drawing together disparate histories of psychology that invoke notions of power. Drawing on the work of Mary Douglas, Bruno Latour, Michel Foucault, and Donna Haraway, I argue for a history of psychology that links the carving up of people up into their properly natural and enculturated parts with keeping people in their place, the purification of interpretation by scientific representation, the maintenance of the body politic of the discipline, and the role of psychology in making up power in modern nation states.
Authors:
Peter Hegarty
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  History of psychology     Volume:  10     ISSN:  1093-4510     ISO Abbreviation:  Hist Psychol     Publication Date:  2007 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-07-24     Completed Date:  2007-08-16     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9808650     Medline TA:  Hist Psychol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  75-91     Citation Subset:  QIS    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guilford Press GU2 7XH, United Kingdom. p.hegarty@surrey.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anthropology
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Power (Psychology)*
Psychology / history*

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