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Author Klautke, Egbert

Title Mind of the Nation, The : Völkerpsychologie in Germany, 1851-1955
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (194 pages)
Contents Title Page; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Lazarus, Steinthal and the Invention of Folk Psychology; Chapter 2 -- Wilhelm Wundt's Folk Psychology; Chapter 3 -- Willy Hellpach and the Resurrection of Folk Psychology; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary 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 fail
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Ethnopsychology -- Germany -- History
National characteristics, German -- History -- 19th century
National characteristics, German -- History -- 20th century
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
Ethnopsychology
Intellectual life
National characteristics, German
SUBJECT Germany -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054609
Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054610
Subject Germany
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013005576
ISBN 9781782380207
1782380205