Culture, politics, and society in the History of Psychology in Argentina

KLAPPENBACH, HUGO; FIERRO, CATRIEL

History of Psychology in Latin America. A cultural approach

Springer

Lugar: Cham; Año: 2021; p. 95 - 139

In his analysis on the concept of the ?history of mentalities?, historian Peter Burke has pointed out to the coexistence of several different perspectives. According to Burke, other nearby approaches such as the history of representations or the social imaginary began to replace the concept of the history of mentalities. Similarly, Burke criticized the traditional concept of cultural history, not only because of its focus on elites or its emphasis on tradition, but also because it remains alien to our age, which is centered on multiculturalism and disagreement with the canons and established values of the centers of power (Burke, 1997).In any case, it would be necessary to define what could be understood by a cul- tural history of psychology in Argentina. Such a definition would probably be closer to the extended use made of psychology by the large social populations and the dif- ferent spaces of our vast geography. But with the exception of some isolated studies, such a cultural history still remains unwritten.