This fascinating book makes an important contribution to the
history of the social sciences. It tells the largely hidden story
of how social psychology became an international social science,
vividly documenting the micro-politics of a virtually forgotten
committee, the Committee on Transnational Social Psychology, whose
work took place against the back-drop of some of the most momentous
events of the twentieth century. Overcoming intellectual,
institutional and political obstacles, including the Soviet
invasion of Czechoslovakia, and the military coups in Chile or
Argentine, the committee struggled to bring social psychology to
global recognition, not as part of a programme of intellectual
imperialism, but motivated by a mixture of intellectual
philanthropy and self-interest. Few authors could tell this unique
story. Serge Moscovici is undoubtedly the best-placed insider to do
so, together with Ivana Markova providing a lucid, erudite and
carefully documented account of the work of this remarkable group.
This book will be an essential resource for any scholar
interested in the history of social psychology, as well as
upper-level students studying the history of the social
sciences.
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