Inventing Personality: Gordon Allport and the Science of Selfhood

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ISBN: 9781557989291 | 155798929X
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 1/1/2003

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St. Thomas Univ. in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Examines the early career of Gordon Allport (1967-1987) to reveal the history of the personality category he championed. Draws on previously unpublished biographical materials and combines biography with intellectual history to reveal the ways in which Allport's science was imbedded in the politics of the United States.

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Illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 3
"Fine Character and Splendid Ideals": Allport's Early Years (1897-1915)	p. 13
A New World: Harvard (1915-1919)	p. 29
The Missionary Life: Robert College, Constantinople (1919-1920)	p. 55
A Science of Personality: Graduate School (1920-1922)	p. 73
A Psychology of the Spirit: Germany and England (1922-1924)	p. 103
Constructing a Category: Personality Psychology at Harvard and Dartmouth (1924-1930)	p. 133
The Politics of Moderation: Personality Psychology at Harvard (1930-1936)	p. 163
Personality and Social Crisis (1937-1938)	p. 191
Conclusion	p. 219
Notes	p. 227
Bibliography	p. 265
Index	p. 283
About the Author	p. 301
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Inventing Personality: Gordon Allport and the Science of Selfhood

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