Race, Racism and Psychology, 2nd Edition: Towards a Reflexive History

by Richards; Graham

• ISBN13: 9780415561426
• ISBN10: 0415561426
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2012-01-10
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which Psychology has engaged with 'race' and racism issues since the late 19thcentury. It emphasizes the complexities and convolutions of the story and attempts to elucidate the subtleties and occasional paradoxes that have arisen as a result. This new edition contains revisions and additions to the author#xE2;#xAC;"s previous work, as well as two brand new chapters; 'Liberation Psychology', and #xE2;#xAC;#xDC;Historiographical Updates, Revisions and New Thoughts.#xE2;#xAC;" The former draws attention to the importance of the South African Black Consciousness movement and 'Post-colonial' Psychology, and the latter explores recent additional historical research on the subject, including further thoughts on the nature of British racism, new material on French colonial psychiatry, and the problem of the awkward status of virtually all the language and terms currently used for discussing the topic. This important and controversial book has proved to be a vital text for readers, as a point of departure for more in-depth inquiries into specific topics, and as a handy reference text. The additional up-to-date material included in this new edition makes the book an even more valuable resource to those working and studying psychology, as well as to anyone concerned with the #xE2;#xAC;#xDC;race#xE2;#xAC;" issue either professionally or personally.

Author Biography

Graham Richards, now retired, was formerly Director of the British Psychological Society's History of Psychology at Staffordshire University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition	p. ix
Preface to the first edition	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
The pre-evolutionary background and the roots of Scientific Racism	p. 1
Psychology and 'Scientific Racism' 1860-1910	p. 15
An imperial interlude: the Cambridge Torres Straits Expedition and its aftermath	p. 47
'Race' in US Psychology to 1945: I. The rise and nature of 'Race Psychology'	p. 75
'Race' in US Psychology to 1945: II. The rise of anti-racism	p. 139
'Race' in European Psychology to 1940: I. Primitive minds and Aryan supermen	p. 183
'Race' in European Psychology to 1940: II. Its presence and absence in British Psychology	p. 213
'Race' in British Psychology 1945-C.1970: a brief note	p. 259
Racism at bay: Psychology and 'race' 1945-1969	p. 263
Race and IQ 1969-2010: still an undead controversy?	p. 305
A changed landscape	p. 341
Liberation Psychology	p. 377
Historiographical updates and new thoughts	p. 393
Résumé	p. 417
Appendix: Comments on J.P. Rushton's table of 'Mongoloid', 'Caucasoid', 'Negroid' rankings	p. 425
Bibliography	p. 429
T.R Garth bibliography	p. 483
Name index	p. 487
Subject index	p. 501
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