Nation, Psychology, and International Politics, 1870-1919 (Palgrave Macmillan Series in Transnational History)

This volume offers a new cultural and political history of the idea of the nation. Situating the history of international politics and the idea of the nation in the history of psychology, it reveals the popularity and political importance of a transnational discourse of the psychology of nations that had taken shape in the previous half-century. The Nation, Psychology, and International Politics is a new cultural and political story of the idea of the nation. It begins with the story of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, and travels back in time to consider the significance of the rise of scientific psychology after 1870. It situates the history of international politics and the idea of the nation in the history of psychology, and reveals, for the first time, the lingering popularity and political importance of a transnational discourse of the psychology of nations that had taken shape in the previous half-century "The Nation, Psychology and International Politics begins with the story of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, and travels back in time to consider the significance of the rise of scientific psychology after 1870. It situates the history of international politics and the idea of the nation in the history of psychology, and reveals, for the first time, the lingering popularity and political importance of a transnational discourse of the psychology of nations that had taken shape in the previous half-century."--Jacket

this Book Pursues A New Cultural And Political Story Of The Idea Of The Nation, And Of International Politics In The Early Twentieth Century, Which Situates Both In The Context Of The History Of Psychology. That New Story Begins With The Paris Peace Conference Of 1919, And Moves Backwards In Time To The History Of The Rise Of Scientific Psychology Since 1870.