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The Mind of the Nation: VAlkerpsychologie in Germany, 1851-1955
Egbert Klautke
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Description for The Mind of the Nation: VAlkerpsychologie in Germany, 1851-1955
Paperback. The first comprehensive study of the topic. Follows the reception and impact of Volkerpsychologie, both in Germany and abroad. Challenges the notion that Volkerpsychologieis and/or was an uniquely German phenomenon. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Voelkerpsychologie played an important role in establishing the social sciences via the works of such scholars as Georg Simmel, Emile Durkheim, Ernest Renan, Franz Boas, and Werner Sombart. In Germany, the intellectual history of 'folk psychology' was represented by Moritz Lazarus, Heymann Steinthal, Wilhelm Wundt and Willy Hellpach. This book follows the invention of the discipline in the nineteenth century, its rise around the turn of the century and its ultimate demise after the Second World War. In addition, it shows that despite the repudiation of folk psychology and its failed institutionalization, the discipline remains relevant as a ... Read more
Voelkerpsychologie played an important role in establishing the social sciences via the works of such scholars as Georg Simmel, Emile Durkheim, Ernest Renan, Franz Boas, and Werner Sombart. In Germany, the intellectual history of 'folk psychology' was represented by Moritz Lazarus, Heymann Steinthal, Wilhelm Wundt and Willy Hellpach. This book follows the invention of the discipline in the nineteenth century, its rise around the turn of the century and its ultimate demise after the Second World War. In addition, it shows that despite the repudiation of folk psychology and its failed institutionalization, the discipline remains relevant as a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785332005
SKU
V9781785332005
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About Egbert Klautke
Egbert Klautke is Senior Lecturer in the Cultural History of Central Europe in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London. He is the author of Unbegrenzte Moeglichkeiten: Amerikanisierung in Deutschland und Frankreich, 1900-1933 (2003).
Reviews for The Mind of the Nation: VAlkerpsychologie in Germany, 1851-1955
Klautke provides readers both with useful biographical summaries and with cogent accounts of his protagonists' specific interpretations of voelkerpsychologie. But he also expands his narrative horizon beyond mere intellectual biography. Laudably, he pays special attention to the broader reception of their writings in an attempt to correct the misperception that Voelkerpsychologie was merely `political propaganda dressed up as a social ... Read more