ISBN:
9781782380207
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (194 p.)
DDC:
155.8
Keywords:
Ethnopsychology History
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Germany Intellectual life 19th century
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Germany Intellectual life 20th century
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National characteristics, German History 19th century
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National characteristics, German History 20th century
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HISTORY / Europe / Germany
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Electronic books.
Abstract:
Völkerpsychologie 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 precursor of contemporary studies of “national identity.”
Note:
Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction: Völkerpsychologie in Germany
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Chapter 1 Lazarus, Steinthal and the Invention of Folk Psychology
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Chapter 2 Wilhelm Wundt’s Folk Psychology
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Chapter 3 Willy Hellpach and the Resurrection of Folk Psychology
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Conclusion: Völkerpsychologie after the Catastrophe
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Bibliography
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Index
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In English
DOI:
10.1515/9781782380207
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782380207
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781782380207
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782380207
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781782380207
