This book presents a cultural history of psychology that analyzes the
diverse contexts in which psychological knowledge and practices have
developed in Latin America. The book aims to contribute to the growing
effort to develop a theoretical knowledge that complements the
biographical perspective centered on the great figures, with a
polycentric history that emphasizes the different cultural, social,
economic and political phenomena that accompanied the emergence of
psychology.
The different chapters of this volume show the production of historians
of psychology in Latin America who are part of the Ibero-American
Network of Researchers in History of Psychology (RIPeHP, in the
Portuguese acronym for "Rede Iberoamericana de Pesquisadores em História
da Psicologia"). They present a significant sample of the research
carried out in a field that has experienced a strong development in the
region in the last decades. The volume is divided into two parts. The
first presents comparative chapters that address cross-cutting issues in
the different countries of the region. The second part analyzes
particular aspects of the development of psychology in seven countries:
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru.
Throughout these chapters the reader will find how psychology made its
way through dictatorial governments, phenomena of violence and internal
armed conflict, among others. Dimensions that include rigorous analysis
ranging from ancestral practices to current geopolitical knowledge of
the Latin American region.
History of Psychology in Latin America - A Cultural Approach is an
invaluable resource for historians of psychology, anywhere in the world,
interested in a polycentric and critical approach. Since its content is
part of the "cultural turn in psychology" it is also of interest to
readers interested in the social and human sciences in general. Finally,
the thoroughly international perspective provided through its chapters
make the book a key resource for both undergraduate and graduate
teaching and education on the past and current state of psychology.
