This article explores the potential fruitfulness of an encounter between psychoanalysis and science and technology studies (STS) by examining Perry’s (The Human Nature of Science: Researchers at Work in Psychiatry, The Free Press, New York, 1966) book, and its intellectual and socio-cultural background. From his close observation of experimental LSD therapy in a psychiatric research center in the USA, Perry seminally claimed—a decade ahead of similar claims in STS—the social construction of scientific theory. His work, being idiosyncratic as a hybrid of STS and psychoanalysis in terms of both his research subject and research framework, later sank into complete oblivion. Examined here, first, is the parallel development of the reflexivity concept in both STS and psychoanalysis: Harry S. Sullivan’s pivotal role in introducing sociological reflexivity into the latter is detailed. Second, the predicament of mental institutions in the post-war USA is identified as the important milieu that allowed such diverse approaches as Erving Goffman’s Asylums. The highlighted potential of Perry’s work vis-a-vis contemporary STS is its reflexive ethnography that combines research ethics with emotional dynamics in situ. This contribution is contrasted with its limited applicability to large-scale social issues, another lesson we learn from this historical reflection.

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实验室生活之前：佩里、沙利文和精神分析与 STS 之间的错过

本文通过研究 Perry 的（科学的人性：研究人员在精神病学工作，自由出版社，纽约，1966 年）一书及其智力和技术研究（STS）之间的相遇，探讨了精神分析与科学技术研究（STS）之间的潜在成果。社会文化背景。通过在美国精神病学研究中心对实验性 LSD 疗法的密切观察，佩里开创性地宣称——比 STS 的类似宣称提前十年——科学理论的社会建构。他的工作在他的研究主题和研究框架方面都是 STS 和精神分析的混合体，后来完全被遗忘了。这里首先考察的是 STS 和精神分析中反身性概念的平行发展：Harry S. 沙利文在将社会学反思性引入后者方面的关键作用得到了详细说明。其次，战后美国精神病院的困境被认为是允许像欧文戈夫曼精神病院这样多样化的方法的重要环境。与当代 STS 相比，佩里作品的突出潜力在于其反身民族志，将研究伦理与原位情感动态相结合。这一贡献与其对大规模社会问题的有限适用性形成鲜明对比，这是我们从这一历史反思中吸取的另一个教训。与当代 STS 相比，佩里作品的突出潜力在于其反身民族志，将研究伦理与原位情感动态相结合。这一贡献与其对大规模社会问题的有限适用性形成鲜明对比，这是我们从这一历史反思中吸取的另一个教训。与当代 STS 相比，佩里作品的突出潜力在于其反身民族志，将研究伦理与原位情感动态相结合。这一贡献与其对大规模社会问题的有限适用性形成鲜明对比，这是我们从这一历史反思中吸取的另一个教训。