A history of 'relevance' : South African psychology in focus

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dc.contributor.advisorFoster, Donen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLong, Wahbieen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-03T18:23:45Z
dc.date.available2015-01-03T18:23:45Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
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dc.description.abstractThis thesis investigates the historical and discursive contours of the "relevance" debate in South African psychology. It begins by contextualizing the debate, detailing how appeals for "relevance" in the broader discipline proliferated during the sixties and seventies in American, European and "Third World" psychology. The thesis observes further how widespread conditions of social turmoil precipitated the development of this crisis over "relevance", which was encouraged also by traits peculiar to psychology. These include the discipline's indecisiveness regarding its cognitive interest, its reliance on a basic but rarefied science for its scientific eminence, and its longstanding difficulty accommodating sociality. Proponents of "relevance", that is, insist that psychology attend to "real world" concerns. However, since the thesis advances the position that materiality can only be accessed via language, it is asserted that the credentialing of "relevance" occurs rhetorically.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationLong, W. (2013). <i>A history of 'relevance' : South African psychology in focus</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11203en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLong, Wahbie. <i>"A history of 'relevance' : South African psychology in focus."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11203en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLong, W. 2013. A history of 'relevance' : South African psychology in focus. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Long, Wahbie AB - This thesis investigates the historical and discursive contours of the "relevance" debate in South African psychology. It begins by contextualizing the debate, detailing how appeals for "relevance" in the broader discipline proliferated during the sixties and seventies in American, European and "Third World" psychology. The thesis observes further how widespread conditions of social turmoil precipitated the development of this crisis over "relevance", which was encouraged also by traits peculiar to psychology. These include the discipline's indecisiveness regarding its cognitive interest, its reliance on a basic but rarefied science for its scientific eminence, and its longstanding difficulty accommodating sociality. Proponents of "relevance", that is, insist that psychology attend to "real world" concerns. However, since the thesis advances the position that materiality can only be accessed via language, it is asserted that the credentialing of "relevance" occurs rhetorically. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - A history of 'relevance' : South African psychology in focus TI - A history of 'relevance' : South African psychology in focus UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11203 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLong W. A history of 'relevance' : South African psychology in focus. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11203en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleA history of 'relevance' : South African psychology in focusen_ZA
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