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The Professionalization of Psychology in Nazi Germany (Paperback)
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The Professionalization of Psychology in Nazi Germany (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Psychology
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It has been widely believed that psychology in Germany, faced with
political antipathy and mass emigration of its leading minds,
withered under National Socialism. Yet in The Professionalization
of Psychology in Nazi Germany, Ulfried Geuter tells a radically
different story of how German psychology, rather than disappearing,
rapidly grew into a fully developed profession under the Third
Reich. Author Geuter makes it clear that the rising demands of a
modern industrial nation preparing for war afforded the field with
a unique opportunity: to transform itself from a marginal academic
discipline into a state sanctioned profession. This opportunity was
mainly presented by Wehrmacht (the German army), whose demand for
psychological expertise led to increasing support for academic
departments. The relevance of this book goes beyond the history of
German psychology. Its conclusion--that psychology in Germany grew
through its alliance with the interests of the army, the industry,
and the ruling regime--points toward the larger issue behind the
particulars: the tangled relations among science, professional
expertise, and state power in modern society. Based on previously
restricted archival material and extensive interviews with
participating psychologists of the era, The Professionalization of
Psychology in Nazi Germany was universally hailed as a benchmark
work in the history of psychology upon its publication in Germany.
Now, ably translated by Richard Holmes, it is finally available to
an English-speaking audience.
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