Teo Thomas
York University, Department of Psychology, Canada.
Hist Psychol. 2013 Feb;16(1):1-18. doi: 10.1037/a0030286. Epub 2013 Feb 4.
After suggesting that all psychologies contain indigenous qualities and discussing differences and commonalities between German and North American historiographies of psychology, an indigenous reconstruction of German critical psychology is applied. It is argued that German critical psychology can be understood as a backlash against American psychology, as a response to the Americanization of German psychology after WWII, on the background of the history of German psychology, the academic impact of the Cold War, and the trajectory of personal biographies and institutions. Using an intellectual-historical perspective, it is shown how and which indigenous dimensions played a role in the development of German critical psychology as well as the limitations to such an historical approach. Expanding from German critical psychology, the role of the critique of American psychology in various contexts around the globe is discussed in order to emphasize the relevance of indigenous historical research.
在提出所有心理学都包含本土特质，并讨论了德国和北美心理学史学之间的差异与共性之后，对德国批判心理学进行了本土重构。有人认为，德国批判心理学可被理解为对美国心理学的一种反弹，是二战后德国心理学美国化背景下的一种回应，其背景包括德国心理学史、冷战的学术影响以及个人传记和机构的发展轨迹。运用知识史的视角，展示了本土维度如何以及在德国批判心理学的发展中发挥了何种作用，以及这种历史方法的局限性。从德国批判心理学拓展开来，讨论了对美国心理学的批判在全球各种背景下的作用，以强调本土历史研究的相关性。
