Overview
- Presents an overview of the life and work of Gustav Ichheiser
- Discusses the field of psychology and the academic atmosphere during the early 1920s to late 1930s in Vienna
- Offers a in-depth summary on the history of the displacement of Jewish Scientists during the rise of National Socialism
Part of the book series: Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences (THHSS)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Historical Perspectives
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Moving Between Disciplines
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Selected Works from Ichheiser’s German, English, and Polish Papers
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Selected Topics: Ichheiser’s Primary Fields of Interest
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Conclusion: Perspectives on Ichheiser’s Hospitalization
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About this book
This book presents an overview of the life and work of Gustav Ichheiser, a social scientist in Vienna during the early 20th century. Gustav Ichheiser, along with many other Austrian Jews of his time, was forced into exile after the rise of National Socialism in Europe. Ichheiser's work is considered an important front runner to the attribution theories. He was one of the first to study the phenomena of social misunderstandings in detail and in relation to concrete problem areas, such as success.
The aim of this book is to discuss, on an international level, the importance of Ichheiser's theoretical approaches in his time and their relevance in today's context of social and cultural psychology. In addition, the tragic course of Ichheiser’s biography, an example for many displaced scientists, highlights the importance of bringing a scientist’s work back into the focus of today’s current social scientific setting.
Memories of Gustav Ichheiser will be of interestto researchers as well as undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of psychology, social psychology, sociology, and psychiatry.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Amrei C. Joerchel, Ph.D., was a lecture and a research assistant at the Sigmund Freud University, Vienna until 2017 and is now a program supervisor at the Center for Social Dynamics in the Bay Area, CA, USA, where she was appointed to develop a research division. She is the author of several peer review articles and the co-editor of Biographical Ruptures and their Repairs: Cultural Transitions in Development, published 2014.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Memories of Gustav Ichheiser
Book Subtitle: Life and Work of an Exiled Social Scientist
Editors: Amrei C. Joerchel, Gerhard Benetka
Series Title: Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72508-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-72507-9Published: 13 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10216-6Published: 11 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-72508-6Published: 03 April 2018
Series ISSN: 2523-8663
Series E-ISSN: 2523-8671
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 243
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Personality and Social Psychology, History of Psychology, Social Theory, Ethnicity Studies, Sociology of Culture, Applied Psychology