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The Mind of the Nation: Volkerpsychologie in Germany, 1851-1955

By Egbert Klautke

Book information

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2013
ISBN
1782380191, 9781782380191
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1192953 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
196\195
Time added
2015-06-05 10:53:55
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Description

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."

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