The "space" of history: A response to Graiver (2020), Rossano (2020), and Smail (2020)

Hist Psychol. 2020 Aug;23(3):230-231. doi: 10.1037/hop0000177.

Abstract

Replies to comments by I. Gravier (see record 2020-68859-002), R. A. Blackwell and M. J. Rossano (see record 2020-68859-003), and D. L. Smail (see record 2020-68859-004) on the article by Henley (see record 2020-68859-001). That each of the commentators acknowledged the significance of the Neolithic for psychology was welcome, as were their alternative views on how such prehistoric events potentially fit with our discipline's history. As new scholarship continues to emerge related to Göbekli Tepe demonstrating radical changes in how Neolithic humans understood themselves, each other, and the world around them, Henley contends that this is significant for our chronicle of the nature of not just "psychology in history" but also deserves "space" within the history of psychology. To reiterate the last line from Smail's reply-"Now all we have to do is persuade the historians". (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Databases, Factual
  • Health Personnel*
  • Humans