A history of "relevance" in psychology / Wahbie Long.
"This book represents the first attempt to historicise and theorise appeals for ‘relevance’ in psychology. It argues that the persistence of questions about the ‘relevance’ of psychology derives from the discipline’s terminal inability to define its subject matter, its reliance on a socially di...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2016]
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| Series: | Palgrave studies in the theory and history of psychology.
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- A History of “Relevance”
- Theorizing “Relevance”
- Themes in South African Psychology (1948–2011)
- “Relevance” and the SAPA-PIRSA Split
- Science and Society in the Time of SAPA (1948–1961)
- The Rise and Fall of “Ethnic-National Relevance” (1963–1977)
- The Quest for “Social Relevance” (1978–1993)
- “Relevance” in the Post-Apartheid Era (1994–2011)
- Conclusion.