Article ID: CBB001252832

Insects, Instincts and Boundary Work in Early Social Psychology (2013)

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Insects factored as `symbols of instinct', necessary as a rhetorical device in the boundary work of early social psychology. They were symbolically used to draw a dividing line between humans and animals, clarifying views on instinct and consciousness. These debates were also waged to determine if social psychology was a subfield of sociology or psychology. The exchange between psychologist James Mark Baldwin and sociologist Charles Abram Ellwood exemplifies this particular aspect of boundary work. After providing a general background of the debates, I turn specifically to the writings of Baldwin and Ellwood between 1890 and 1936, tracing the use of insects as `symbols of instinct'.

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Authors & Contributors
Ruswick, Brent
Swanson, Gillian
Surman, Jan
Smith, Anthony Woodruff
Sklansky, Jeffrey P.
Sensales, Gilda
Concepts
Psychology
Social psychology
Sociology
Boundary work
Philosophy
Animal psychology
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
18th century
Places
United States
Warsaw (Poland)
Italy
Europe
Canada
Great Britain
Institutions
University of Chicago
Advisory Committee on Personality and Culture
Princeton University
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