Samenvatting
The large-scale fraud of social psychologist Diederik Stapel has fuelled debates about the state of the discipline and the need for reform. Stapel became a tool to think with in the crisis in psychology. In the process a collection of imposters and truth-tellers were constructed and performed, each representing a different relation to the truth. Whereas Stapel was denounced as a cynical con man by his colleagues, he himself performed the role of a tragic imposter, and while many social psychologists presented themselves as the unwitting victims of Stapel, critics saw the affair as evidence that psychology is a wannabe science in need of fundamental reform. The various imposters and truth-tellers that made their appearance imply different ways of drawing distinctions between honesty and deception, appearance and reality, truth and story telling, frankness and civility.
Originele taal-2 | English |
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Titel | The Imposter as Social Theory |
Redacteuren | Steve Woolgar, Else Vogel, David Moats, Claes-Fredrik Helgesson |
Uitgeverij | Bristol University Press |
Hoofdstuk | 3 |
Pagina's | 53-76 |
Aantal pagina's | 24 |
ISBN van elektronische versie | 9781529213096 |
ISBN van geprinte versie | 9781529213072 |
DOI's | |
Status | Published - 2021 |