Psychology and selfhood in the segregated South
In the American South at the turn of the twentieth century, the legal segregation of the races and psychological sciences focused on selfhood emerged simultaneously. The two developments presented conflicting views of human nature. American psychiatry and psychology were optimistic about personality...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press
2009.
|
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Subjects: | |
| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798358506719 |
| Summary: | In the American South at the turn of the twentieth century, the legal segregation of the races and psychological sciences focused on selfhood emerged simultaneously. The two developments presented conflicting views of human nature. American psychiatry and psychology were optimistic about personality growth guided by the new mental sciences. Segregation, in contrast, placed racial traits said to be natural and fixed at the forefront of identity. In a society built on racial differences, raising questions about human potential, as psychology did, was unsettling.As Anne Rose lays out with |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469605630 9780807894095 |
