Constructing the Subject: Historical Origins of Psychological Research

by Kurt Danziger

Book Overview

Constructing the Subject traces the history of psychological research methodology from the nineteenth century to the emergence of currently favored styles of research in the second quarter of the twentieth century. Kurt Danziger considers methodology to be a kind of social practice rather than simply a matter of technique. Therefore his historical analysis is primarily concerned with such topics as the development of the social structure of the research...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521467853
• ISBN13: 9780521467858
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Great Scholarship

This text should be on the reading lists for history of psychology courses for years to come. Danziger explores the development of experimental research paradigms in psychology in a broad historical context. Danziger reveals the politics of psychological discourse by emphasizing the role of social context in determining how psychological knowledge claims become legitimate. Although I have a general aversion towards "social constructionism," I was utterly impressed by both the scholarship and authority of this book.