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Ruling Minds : Psychology in the British Empire / Erik Linstrum.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (286 p.) : 20 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674088665
  • 9780674089150
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150.9171/241 23
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Minds -- 1. The Laboratory in the Field -- 2. A Dream Dictionary for the World -- Part II: Tests -- 3. Meritocracy or Master Race? -- 4. Square Pegs and Round Holes -- Part III: Experts -- 5. The Truth about Hearts and Minds -- 6. Psychology beyond Empire -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: The British Empire used intelligence tests, laboratory studies, and psychoanalysis to measure and manage the minds of subjects in distant cultures. Challenging assumptions about the role of scientific knowledge in the exercise of power, Erik Linstrum shows that psychology did more to reveal the limits of imperial authority than to strengthen it.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674089150

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Minds -- 1. The Laboratory in the Field -- 2. A Dream Dictionary for the World -- Part II: Tests -- 3. Meritocracy or Master Race? -- 4. Square Pegs and Round Holes -- Part III: Experts -- 5. The Truth about Hearts and Minds -- 6. Psychology beyond Empire -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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The British Empire used intelligence tests, laboratory studies, and psychoanalysis to measure and manage the minds of subjects in distant cultures. Challenging assumptions about the role of scientific knowledge in the exercise of power, Erik Linstrum shows that psychology did more to reveal the limits of imperial authority than to strengthen it.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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