Danziger (1994) Does the history of Psychology have a future?
Theory & Psychology, 4, 467-484.

Many natural science do not offer courses in their history

Should Psychology?

Two Sensibilities

Inside Outside

Whiggish Historical Consciousness

Mill's Logic - Beyond History Hermeneutics

Disengagement with natural contexts Critical History

1970s some change began . . . interest in the ideological and sociological aspects of science also critical of the moral authority of science

Psychological Relegated to "context of Discovery" not "context of Justification"

Kuhn played some role in this shift from narrow inside to broad outsider views, movement towards greater recognition of trans-cultural perspectives, polycentric psychology.

Historicity in psychology (Gergen)

our concepts in psychology change with time and history

changes in psychological intelligibilities over time

can only understand our own intelligibilities against a historical context

[Erikson - Identity and Ethos]

History offers social milieu change, fewer fads, better technical contribution.