Networking Western Psychology's Elite: A Digital Analysis of "A History of Psychology in Autobiography"

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dc.contributor.advisorPettit, Michael
dc.creatorLee, Shayan Hope Anne Fox
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-28T15:09:58Z
dc.date.available2015-08-28T15:09:58Z
dc.date.copyright2014-12-10
dc.date.issued2015-08-28
dc.date.updated2015-08-28T15:09:58Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: History and Theory)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis thesis analyzes digital social networks for the institutional affiliations of the one hundred and twenty authors in the A History of Psychology in Autobiography (AHPA) book series. The introductory section contextualizes the analyses for the nine volumes in terms of the series’ historiographic foundations, socio-historical influences, and a history of the production of the first volume. It asserts that the series editors’ privileged disciplinary positions and the series’ unusual historiographic features render it an unusually precise internalist historical record of elite perspectives. The analytical chapter forwards the position that the AHPA networks illustrate the accuracy of Kurt Danziger’s (2006) historical premise of intellectual ‘centers’ and ‘peripheries’ in Western psychology’s disciplinary geography. The conclusion includes an assessment of the digital methods used, consideration of future directions, and a critical discussion of the AHPA series and how this thesis fits into a larger framework of ethical historiography.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/29965
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectHistory of science
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subject.keywordsDigital history
dc.subject.keywordsA History of Psychology in Autobiography
dc.subject.keywordsSocial networks
dc.subject.keywordsDisciplinary historiography
dc.subject.keywordsDisciplinary geography
dc.subject.keywordsCenter and periphery
dc.subject.keywordsEminence
dc.subject.keywordsElitism
dc.subject.keywordsHistory of science
dc.titleNetworking Western Psychology's Elite: A Digital Analysis of "A History of Psychology in Autobiography"
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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