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The Hoffman Report in historical context: A study in denial

Aalbers, Dan Weidman, Nadine

History of the human sciences, 2022-12, Vol.35 (5), p.27-50 [Periódico revisado por pares]

London, England: SAGE Publications

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  • Título:
    The Hoffman Report in historical context: A study in denial
  • Autor: Aalbers, Dan
  • Weidman, Nadine
  • Assuntos: Blindness ; Cold War ; Collaboration ; Denial ; Ethics ; Ignorance ; Interrogation ; Leadership ; National security ; Psychologists ; Psychology ; Public relations ; Questioning ; Torture
  • É parte de: History of the human sciences, 2022-12, Vol.35 (5), p.27-50
  • Descrição: Using the concept of social denial, this article puts the American Psychological Association's (APA’s) pattern of willful blindness, identified by independent reviewer David Hoffman, in historical context by examining the contributions of Cold War social scientists to the CIA's KUBARK torture manual, and discusses the implications of this history for the reform of the APA's ethics policies. David Hoffman found that the leadership of the APA colluded with Department of Defense (DoD) to ensure that the APA's ethical policies were no stronger than those issued by the DoD. While the independent reviewer did not find evidence of collaboration between the CIA and the APA, this was not due to a lack of effort on the part of the APA, which was anxious to establish good relations and so promote the use of psychology in the national security arena. While Hoffman did not find that the APA knew that its collaborations would facilitate the development of abusive interrogation techniques, it showed a marked, motivated lack of interest in whether or not the DoD or CIA was abusing prisoners. The APA maintained its strategic ignorance even while engaging in a public relations campaign designed to give the impression that it was deeply concerned about multiple reports of psychologist involvement in a system of torture. This willful ignorance was not unprecedented and follows a predictable pattern of knowing and not-knowing to which all psychologists should attend.
  • Editor: London, England: SAGE Publications
  • Idioma: Inglês
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