Palgrave Macmillan | Scientific Pollyannaism: From Inquisition To Positive Psychology (2019 EN)

Author: Oksana Yakushko
Full Title: Scientific Pollyannaism: From Inquisition To Positive Psychology
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2019 Edition (June 24, 2019)
Year: 2019
ISBN-13: 9783030159825 (978-3-030-15982-5), 9783030159818 (978-3-030-15981-8), 9783030159849 (978-3-030-15984-9)
ISBN-10: 3030159825, 3030159817, 3030159841
Pages: 241
Language: English
Genre: Psychology: Critical Psychology
File type: EPUB (True), PDF (True)
Quality: 10/10
Price: 103.99 €


This book argues that the story of the orphan girl Pollyanna (namely, her strategy of playing the “glad games” to manage loss, abuse, and social prejudice) serves as a framework for critiquing historical forms of Western scientific Pollyannaism. The author examines Pollyannaism as it relates to the sciences, demonstrating how the approach has been used throughout modern Western history to enforce happiness and to criticize negative human emotional states. These efforts, carried out by scientists and popularized as scientific, focus on negating the role of the environment and on promoting varied forms of emotional control. Ultimately, the book emphasizes strategies used to compel individuals into becoming Pollyannas about science itself.

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