History of relationship between visual culture, and the application and popularization of psychology: a historical background of post-human and society of control

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16676
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Art at large
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: SHINOGI RYO 立命館大学, 文学部, 授業担当講師 (00536831)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 視覚文化論 / 心理学史 / コントロール社会 / ポスト・ヒューマン / メディア / マス・コミュニケーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined the history of American psychology and media in the early 20th century and connected the issues related to them with the results of current research on post-humanism and society of control. To interpret the relationship between psychology, a new scientific field that emerged in the late 19th century, and modern society and culture, this study concentrated on some psychologists who asserted its usefulness in assisting self-control and control over others in order to popularize psychology.

Free Research Field

視覚文化論