Telling a scientific story and governing the population: The Kallikak story and the historical mutations of the eugenic discourse.

IF 1.1 4区心理学 Q1 HISTORY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

History of Psychology Pub Date : 2024-04-11 DOI:10.1037/hop0000256

Thom Axelsson, Jonas Qvarsebo

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Abstract

In this article, we follow the trails of 20th-century psychologist Henry Herbert Goddard's influential study of the Kallikak family. Goddard's study is treated as a scientific story with two interlocking dimensions: One is the actual story of the Kallikak family, with literary elements such as setting, plot, and characters. The other dimension is the broader eugenic discourse, a powerful scientific narrative that calls for action in relation to society and the population. The purpose of the article is twofold. Firstly, to analyze the forming and articulations of this story and to explore some of the consequences for governing the population that it has made possible. Secondly, to explore some aspects of what a Foucauldian analytics of government can contribute with in relation to Goddard's work and the eugenic discourse from the early 20th century to today. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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讲述科学故事和管理人口：卡利卡克的故事与优生论述的历史变迁。

在本文中，我们将追寻 20 世纪心理学家亨利-赫伯特-戈达德（Henry Herbert Goddard）对卡利卡克（Kallikak）家族颇具影响力的研究的足迹。戈达德的研究被视为一个科学故事，其中有两个环环相扣的层面：其一是卡利卡克家族的真实故事，包括背景、情节和人物等文学元素。另一个维度是更广泛的优生学论述，这是一种强有力的科学叙事，呼吁人们对社会和人口采取行动。本文有两个目的。首先，分析这一故事的形成和表述，并探讨其对人口管理造成的一些后果。其次，探讨福柯对政府的分析在某些方面能对戈达德的工作以及 20 世纪初至今的优生学论述做出什么贡献。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)。

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History of Psychology Multiple-

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1.40

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期刊介绍： History of Psychology features refereed articles addressing all aspects of psychology"s past and of its interrelationship with the many contexts within which it has emerged and has been practiced. It also publishes scholarly work in closely related areas, such as historical psychology (the history of consciousness and behavior), psychohistory, theory in psychology as it pertains to history, historiography, biography and autobiography, and the teaching of the history of psychology.