Overview
- Contributes an in-depth view of Heinz Werner's work during his Clark University years, shedding further light on the development of his ideas
- Demonstrates how the history of a line of thought continues to inform the future scientific investigation of a particular area
Part of the book series: Path in Psychology (PATH)
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Introduction
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Basic Life Course: Heinz Werner
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The European Roots Re-examined
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Front Matter
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Topics in development
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Front Matter
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The World at Clark
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About this book
Heinz Werner (1890-1964) was one of the three key developmental psychologists of the 20th century – along with Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. This book is a new exploration of Werner’s ideas and their social contexts – in Vienna in his student years, in Hamburg up to 1933, followed by the years of transit as an immigrant to America at times of economic depression, finally culminating in his establishment of the prominent "Clark tradition" in American psychology in the 1950s. The book offers an in-depth analysis of Werner’s ideas as they were originally formulated in Vienna and Hamburg, and how they were changed by North American influences. Werner’s pivotal role between European and American intellectual traditions is illuminated through the use of rich memories of his former students, unique documents from Werner’s personal library at Clark, and analyses of links with other European traditions in philosophy and biological sciences. The European period (prior to 1933) in Werner’s academic life is found to be definitive for Werner’s contributions to science. The ideas developed in his early career continued in the form of a productive empirical research program in the 1950s at Clark. An analysis of the social-intellectual climate of the development of psychology in America in the 1950s is a special feature of this book that will further enhance an understanding of Werner’s unique contribution
This book will be of interest to developmental psychologists, sociologists and historians of science, philosophers, practitioners working in special education and neuropsychology, and for general readers interested in the history of ideas and life courses of scientists.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Heinz Werner and Developmental Science
Editors: Jaan Valsiner
Series Title: Path in Psychology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b108487
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-47909-0Published: 31 December 2004
eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-48677-7Published: 22 November 2006
Series ISSN: 1574-048X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 439
Topics: History of Psychology