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...

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1. Verfasser: Rose, Anne C., 1950-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.
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Zusammenfassung: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. The introduction of psychological.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-286) and index.
ISBN:9780807894095
0807894095
9781469605630
1469605635
0807832812
9780807832813

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