Constructing the Subject: Historical Origins of Psychological Research

by Kurt Danziger

Book Overview

Constructing the Subject traces the history of psychological research from the nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• 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.