Lifeworlds of Baltic Germans : psychography in social context

The present book examines a largely overlooked scientific discipline in Personality Psychology known as Psychography. The origins of Psychography can be traced back to the efforts of William Stern in 1911. As a scientific discipline, Psychography seeks to elucidate how individuals develop significan...

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Main Author Fircks, Enno von (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
SeriesHistory and society: integrating social, political and economic sciences
Subjects
Germans > Baltic States > Psychological aspects.
Psychology > Social Psychology.
Psychiatry.
Social, group or collective psychology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781805921202
DOI10.1108/9781805921189
Physical Description1 online resource (252 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • PART I. German-Balts in Their Lifeworlds
  • Chapter 1. The Cultural-Historical Niche: The Complex History of Baltic-Germans
  • Chapter 2. Eduard von Keyserling: Understanding German-Baltic Life-Themes
  • Chapter 3. Eduard von Keyserling: A Psychogram
  • Chapter 4. Contrasting Lives: A Comparative Analysis of Eduard von Fircks and Eduard von Keyserling Through the Lens of Personal and Social Values
  • Part II. The Science of Psychography
  • Chapter 5. Reasoning with William Stern's Research: Towards a Systematic Construction of a Psychographic Science
  • Chapter 6. Addressing the Limits of Psychohistory: A New Interpretative Framework Based on Boesch's Symbolic Action Theory
  • Chapter 7. The Pragmatic Turn in Critical Personalism: Getting Inspiration From Eduard von Keyserling
  • Chapter 8. Conclusion: Personalism and Psychography: A Study of Baltic-German Life Histories.

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