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Psychology as the Defender of Modernity

The Different Functions of Psychology in Modernity

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  1. Christoph Klotter

    1. Berlin, Germany

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  • Psychology relies on the changeability of behaviour and thus also on progress

Part of the book series: essentials (ESSENT)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Christoph Klotter
    Pages 1-3

  3. Overview

    • Christoph Klotter
    Pages 5-7

  4. To Prove Oneself

    • Christoph Klotter
    Pages 9-17

  5. Romanticism

    • Christoph Klotter
    Pages 19-20

  6. Modernity—Postmodernity

    • Christoph Klotter
    Pages 21-29

  7. Psychology Textbooks: Two Classics

    • Christoph Klotter
    Pages 31-36

  8. History of Psychology—History of Psychology?

    • Christoph Klotter
    Pages 37-42

  9. Psychological Schools

    • Christoph Klotter
    Pages 43-54

  10. Conclusion

    • Christoph Klotter
    Pages 55-55

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 57-60
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People in Germany have an indifferent to poor relationship with our society. In fact, modernity, i.e. the last 200 years, has given the population historically unprecedented progress: democracy, human rights, social security systems, nutritive abundance. Yet this is little appreciated. This may be due to the fact that, in Diderot's sense, we have to prove ourselves permanently, that is, we live in a meritocracy that produces suffering.  However, totalitarian ideologies have also emerged and been implemented in modernity, for which modernity is also responsible. This essential shows that psychology, on closer inspection, turns out to be the defender of the good parts of modernity.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Berlin, Germany

    Christoph Klotter

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Christoph Klotter holds a professorship in nutritional psychology and health promotion at Fulda University of Applied Sciences. He is a psychological psychotherapist.

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