Klaus Holzkamp (1927-1995) was the founder of German Critical
Psychology working on the fundamental renewal of academic
psychology. His ideas inspired generations of young scholars
discontent with the socio-political function of psychology and the
human sciences. Although his approach is discussed internationally,
most of his work is not yet available in English. This selection of
Holzkamp's writings provides an introduction to his "Psychology
from the Standpoint of the Subject."
In contrast to contemporary psychology's worldlessness, Holzkamp's
psychological approach centers on 'human agency' as the
individuals' practical influence over the conditions of their
lives. Instead of seeking to optimize the individual's adjustment
to prevailing conditions, the issue here is the justifiability of
such an adjustment as well as the danger of reproducing the
conditions of one's own powerlessness by adopting ruling
self-evidences. 'Social self-understanding' on the societal reality
of individual experience and action plays a key role both as the
epistemic interest and method of research.
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