附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-394) and index.
In the name of enlightenment -- War on the enemy mind -- The dilemmas of democratic morale -- Nervous in the service -- The career of Cold War psychology -- Project Camelot and its aftermath -- The damaging psychology of race -- The Kerner Commission and the experts -- The growth industry -- The curious courship of psychology and women's liberation -- Toward a larger jurisdiction for psychology.
摘要:In this book--which fully explores the political and cultural significance of psychology in post-World War II America--Ellen Herman tells the story of Americans' love affair with the behavioral sciences. It began during wartime. The atmosphere of crisis sustained from the 1940s through the Cold War gave psychological "experts" an opportunity to prove their social theories and behavioral techniques. Psychologists, sociologists, and anthropologists carved a niche within government and began shaping military, foreign, and domestic policy. Herman examines this marriage of politics and psychology, which continued through the tumultuous 1960s. --From publisher's description.
