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1 online resource (194 pages) |
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text file |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethnopsychology -- Germany -- History.
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Ethnopsychology. |
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Germany. |
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History. |
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National characteristics, German -- History -- 19th century.
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National characteristics, German. |
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19th century |
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National characteristics, German -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Germany -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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Intellectual life. |
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Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Klautke, Egbert. Mind of the Nation, The : <i>Völkerpsychologie</i> in Germany, 1851-1955. New York : Berghahn Books, ©2013 9781782380191 |
| ISBN |
9781782380207 (electronic book) |
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1782380205 (electronic book) |
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9781782380191 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1782380191 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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