Scientific Pollyannaism
From Inquisition to Positive Psychology
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Beschreibung
This book argues that the story of the orphan girl Pollyanna (namely, her strategy of playing the “glad games” to manage loss, abuse, and social prejudice) serves as a framework for critiquing historical forms of Western scientific Pollyannaism. The author examines Pollyannaism as it relates to the sciences, demonstrating how the approach has been used throughout modern Western history to enforce happiness and to criticize negative human emotional states. These efforts, carried out by scientists and popularized as scientific, focus on negating the role of the environment and on promoting varied forms of emotional control. Ultimately, the book emphasizes strategies used to compel individuals into becoming Pollyannas about science itself.
Highlights the various ways scientism can reflect and support socially oppressive structures and attitudes Reviews historical attempts within American mainstream psychology to promote positivity and productivity through the supposedly unarguable sciences of research Orients the concept of Pollyannaism within the larger context of scientism, positive psychology, and the systematic oppression of minority groups
Autor*in
Oksana Yakushko
Themen in »Scientific Pollyannaism«
Scientism Mainstream Psychology American Psychology American Psychological Association Behaviourism John Watson Radical Behaviourism Neo-liberalism Positive Thinking Positive Psychology Movement Productivity Social Oppression Post-colonialism