Ruling Minds

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, History, British, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
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Author: Erik Linstrum ISBN: 9780674915305
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: January 4, 2016
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Erik Linstrum
ISBN: 9780674915305
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: January 4, 2016
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

The British Empire used intelligence tests, laboratory studies, and psychoanalysis to measure and manage the minds of subjects in distant cultures. Challenging assumptions about the role of scientific knowledge in the exercise of power, Erik Linstrum shows that psychology did more to reveal the limits of imperial authority than to strengthen it.

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The British Empire used intelligence tests, laboratory studies, and psychoanalysis to measure and manage the minds of subjects in distant cultures. Challenging assumptions about the role of scientific knowledge in the exercise of power, Erik Linstrum shows that psychology did more to reveal the limits of imperial authority than to strengthen it.

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