Shameful Sciences

Eugenics and Social Darwinism in American Psychology

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvOksana Yakushko

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Shameful Sciences documents varied forms of problematic biased theorizing influencing early Western and American psychology. The book brings to light ideologies promoted by key U.S. psychology leaders, specifically those grounded in social Darwinism and eugenics. The book also traces the influence of eugenics in creation of American psychology epistemological/disciplinary practices, including the comparisons of humans to caged animals, extensive testing of “fitness,” focus on moral and behavioral control of human beings, and on exclusive focus on “positive” emotions.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-02-05
Mått152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt480 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781538154915

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Oksana Yakushko PhD is the chair and professor of clinical psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, CA. Her work has focused on issues of xenophobia, gender violence, and global inequalities, as evidenced by over 60 peer review scholarly articles and book chapters. In addition, she has written on both xenophobia as well as socio-historical problems with misuses of psychological sciences in two books, published by Palgrave/McMillan in 2018 and 2019. She has received numerous awards for her work from the American Psychological Association, the American Women in Psychology and other organization. Her work was featured in the Atlantic and the Discovery News. In addition, she was elected as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (2018) and received a prestigious Woman of the Year Award from a feminist section within the APA. In addition, she has worked together with the Smithsonian Institution Memorial Holocaust Museum on multiple presentations on xenophobia and anti-Semitism as well as worked as a l

Tables of ContentsIntroduction 4Chapter 1: “In Science We [Must Blindly] Trust” or Scientism and the Totalitarian Government Control (in Psychology)12Chapter 2: The Enlightenment Sciences and the Politics of Control: Social DarwinismChapter 3: Classic Eugenics and the Emergence of Eugenic Psychology Chapter 4: American Psychology in Service of American EugenicsChapter 5: The All-star American Eugenic Studies by American PsychologistsChapter 6: Eugenic Psychology and the Politics of SciencesChapter 7: Contemporary Eugenic American Psychology 253Conclusion 259References 264