Doctoral Dissertation Research: Production and Political Use of Social Science during Extended Periods of Cold War Unrest and Instability

这项历史研究考察了阿根廷的心理科学是如何在冷战期间成为全球南方地区为争夺忠诚而进行的意识形态斗争中的重要武器，那里的政治不稳定、意识形态两极分化和流血事件是其特点。拟议的研究既包括档案研究，也包括对阿根廷主要历史行为者的采访。有两个核心问题将被调查：在1966年至1983年阿根廷冷战政治极端主义的高峰期，政治行为者如何利用心理科学来推进意识形态目标？在这一时期，心理学家和精神病学家是如何将政治价值观嵌入到心理学理论和实践中的？智力价值这项研究的重点是社会科学知识生产与以赤道以下冷战为特征的动荡政治之间的互动。冷战时期的社会科学研究，绝大多数集中在美苏超级大国和平稳定下的社会科学。相比之下，这项研究有助于越来越多的文献研究冷战期间全球南部的意识形态两极分化、草根激进主义和政治暴力如何影响社会科学的生产和政治使用。阿根廷在心理科学方面有着丰富的传统，为研究提供了一个有用的案例。更广泛的影响--The Co-Pi计划在布宜诺斯艾利斯的研讨会和会议上向心理学家展示他的研究成果，并在一本西班牙语心理学期刊上发表，此外，他还将在心理学会议上发表研究成果，并在美国的心理学期刊上发表。Co-Pi还计划将他收集的冷战期间积极参与政治活动的心理学家的口述历史捐赠给阿根廷的Mememia Abierta口头档案馆。这样做不仅有助于揭示由于政治压迫而导致文件稀少的时期，而且还将推进人权组织的目标，即保留对国家暴力的记忆，丰富民主文化，防止威权主义在阿根廷卷土重来。

Project OverviewThis historical study examines how the psychological sciences in Argentina became a crucial weapon in the ideological battle for loyalty during the Cold War in the global South, which is characterized by political instability, ideological polarization, and bloodshed. The proposed study includes both archival research and interviews with key historical actors in Argentina. There are two core questions that will be investigated: How did political actors use the psychological sciences to advance ideological goals during the height of Cold War political extremism in Argentina, from 1966 to 1983? How did psychologists and psychiatrists embed political values into psychological theory and practice during this period?Intellectual Merit This study focuses on the interaction between social-scientific knowledge production and the volatile politics that characterized the Cold War below the equator. The vast majority of Cold War studies of social science focus on social science under the peace and stability of the US and Soviet superpowers. By contrast, this study contribute to the growing body of literature that examines how ideological polarization, grassroots activism, and political violence in the global south affected the production and political use of social science during the Cold War. Argentina provides a useful case for study because of its rich tradition in the psychological sciences. Broader ImpactsThe Co-PI plans to present his research findings to psychologists at seminars and conferences in Buenos Aires and to publish in a Spanish-language psychology journal, in addition to presenting them at psychology conferences and publishing them in psychology journals in the US. The Co-PI also plans to donate his collected oral histories of psychologists who were politically active during the Cold War to the Memoria Abierta Oral Archive in Argentina. Doing so will not only shed light on a period for which documentation is sparse due to political repression, but also to advance the human rights organization's goals of preserving memory of state violence, enriching democratic culture, and preventing the return of authoritarianism in Argentina.