Governed by affect : hot cognition and the end of cold war psychology / Michael Pettit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pettit, Michael (Michael John), author.

Series:

New histories of pscyhology.

Oxford scholarship online.

New histories of pscyhology

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--History.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

'Governed by Affect' offers a history of psychology's contradictory and contested public life in the United States and beyond since World War II, with a special emphasis on a series of transformations which have occurred since the 1970s.

Contents:

Cover

Governed by Affect

Copyright

Contents

Preface: A Float on a Sea of Affect

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. A New Look for Psychology: The Antifascist Roots of a New Discipline

2. Rational Living and Straight Thinking: Therapeutic Cultures and Their Promise of Liberty

3. The Tragedy of American Psychology: Racial Justice and Professionalism on the Expanding Frontier of Mental Health

4. Vigilant Minds, Thoughtless Brains: Warfare, Welfare, and the Remaking of Cognition

5. Why Linda Was Not a Feminist: Expertise, Activism, and the Crisis of Confidence

6. Rethinking the Politics of Self-​Esteem

7. How Faces Became Special: Perceiving Others in a Digital Age

8. The Coming Crisis of Affective Science

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 25, 2024).

ISBN:

9780197621882

0197621880

9780197621868

0197621864

OCLC:

1427246722