Nicholson Ian A M
U Prince Edward Island.
Hist Psychol. 1998 Feb;1(1):52-68. doi: 10.1037/1093-4510.1.1.52.
This article examines the cultural context of early American personality psychology through a consideration of the early career of Gordon Allport. Between 1921 and 1937, Allport was among the leading figures in the movement to establish personality as a research category in American psychology. Far from being a strictly scientific concern, Allport's project was deeply embedded in the cultural politics of the age. Of particular importance was the gradual erosion of the language of character and the self-sacrificing, morally grounded self that it supported. Allport's "psychology of personality" helped fuel this trend while simultaneously attempting to resist it. His experience illustrates the elasticity and moral ambiguity of the newly emerging category of personality.
本文通过考察戈登·奥尔波特的早期职业生涯，审视了美国早期人格心理学的文化背景。1921年至1937年间，奥尔波特是将人格确立为美国心理学研究范畴这一运动的领军人物之一。奥尔波特的项目绝非仅仅是严格的科学关注，而是深深植根于那个时代的文化政治之中。尤为重要的是，性格语言以及它所支持的自我牺牲、基于道德的自我逐渐受到侵蚀。奥尔波特的“人格心理学”助长了这一趋势，同时又试图加以抵制。他的经历体现了新出现的人格范畴的灵活性和道德模糊性。
