文档介绍：MODERNIZING
THE MIND
Psychological Knowledge and
the Remaking of Society
Steven C. Ward
Westport, Connecticut
FIRAE London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ward, Steven C.
Modernizing the mind : psychological knowledge and the remaking of society /
Steven C. Ward,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-275-97450-2 (alk. paper)
1. Psychology—History—20th century. 2. Psychology—Social
aspects. 3. Knowledge, Theory of. I. Title.
2002
150*.9—dc21 2002067933
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Copyright © 2002 by Steven C. Ward
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2002067933
ISBN: 0-275-97450-2
First published in 2002
Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
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Copyright Acknowledgments
The author and the publisher gratefully acknowledge permission for use of the
following material:
Excerpts reprinted from Steven C. Ward, "The Making of Serious Speech: A
Social Theory of Professional Discourse," Current Perspectives in Social Theory,
Copyright 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1, pages 63-81, with permission from Elsevier
Science.
Excerpts reprinted from Steven C. Ward, "Filling the World with Self-Esteem: A
Social History of Truth Making," Canadian Journal of Sociology 21 (Winter 1996),
pages 1-23, with permission from University of Toronto Press.
To KAREN, KINSEY AND KESS
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. How Truth Travels: Knowledge, Networks and the
Organization of Socie