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De-Centering Western Perspectives

Psychology and the Disciplinary Order in the First and Third World

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Rediscovering the History of Psychology

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  1. University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Adrian C. Brock

  2. University of Cape Town, South Africa

    Johann Louw

  3. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Willem van Hoorn

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Staeuble, I. (2005). De-Centering Western Perspectives. In: Brock, A.C., Louw, J., van Hoorn, W. (eds) Rediscovering the History of Psychology. History and Philosophy of Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48031-X_10

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