Reference works on other cultures tend either to omit science completely or pay little attention to it and those on the history of science almost always start with the Greeks, with perhaps a mention of the Islamic world as a translator of Greek scientific works. The purpose of the Encyclopaedia was to bring together knowledge of many disparate fields in one place and to legitimize the study of other cultures' science. The aim was not to claim the superiority of other cultures, but to engage in a mutual exchange of ideas. The journal will serve as a forum for both psychologists and other interested scholars for the full range of current ideas and approaches pertaining to the relationship between history and psychology. The journal warmly welcomes submissions from both the psychology and history communities, and is published by the American Psychological Association for its Division of the History of Psychology.
All contributions are refereed.
Science and technology have transformed our world and brought new ways of manipulating our environment, communicating with each other, and solving complex problems. But with these transformations have come new problems and unanswered questions about the work of science and technology. Investigations into these questions have pitted academics from various disciplines against one another. Scientists accuse cultural critics of theorizing irresponsibly, of misunderstanding the process of scientific review, of even denying that objective knowledge exists. Cultural critics accuse scientists of being blind to the social implications of their research and its use by big government and big business.