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The Americans by Hugo Munsterberg stands alongside Alexis de Tocqueville's American Democracy as one of the great works on the New World written by a scholar deeply familiar with the Old World. When originally published, it gave the German public a sense of American life, and was described as "a book which deals in a detailed way with the political, economic, intellectual, and social aspects of American culture." Munsterberg, a world-renowned psychologist at the turn of the twentieth century, noted that "its purpose is to interpret systematically the democratic ideals of America." The primary aim of The Americans is to study the people and America's inner tendencies. It offers a "philosophy of Americanism," the ideology of a people writ whole. Munsterberg's sense of the "spirit" of a people, rather than facts about the people, is revealed in his four cardinal chapters: Self-Direction, Self-Realization, Self-Perfection, and Self-Assertion. While he covers the economic premises of the free market and the politics of party affairs, he considers these the least important. Instead it is the lasting forces and tendencies of American life, rather than problems of the day, that occupy the author. This focus was shared by German readers, for whom the book was conceived, and for those in the United States who read the book in English. The dynamic of strong basic tendencies of democratic forces and lesser, but significant, aristocratic tendencies underwrites the strains and tensions in American society. It also defines the special nature of a book, written more than one hundred years ago, that retains its lively sense of purpose and deep insight into American life. One could well say that this book is required reading in this day and age for Americans and Europeans alike. This is a neglected masterpiece.
"The Americans" by Hugo Munsterberg stands alongside Alexis de Tocqueville's "American Democracy" as one of the great works on the New World written by a scholar deeply familiar with the Old World. When originally published, it gave the German public a sense of American life, and was described as "a book which deals in a detailed way with the political, economic, intellectual, and social aspects of American culture." Munsterberg, a world-renowned psychologist at the turn of the twentieth century, noted that "its purpose is to interpret systematically the democratic ideals of America." The primary aim of "The Americans" is to study the people and America's inner tendencies. It offers a "philosophy of Americanism," the ideology of a people writ whole. Munsterberg's sense of the "spirit" of a people, rather than facts about the people, is revealed in his four cardinal chapters: Self-Direction, Self-Realization, Self-Perfection, and Self-Assertion. While he covers the economic premises of the free market and the politics of party affairs, he considers these the least important. Instead it is the lasting forces and tendencies of American life, rather than problems of the day, that occupy the author. This focus was shared by German readers, for whom the book was conceived, and for those in the United States who read the book in English. The dynamic of strong basic tendencies of democratic forces and lesser, but significant, aristocratic tendencies underwrites the strains and tensions in American society. It also defines the special nature of a book, written more than one hundred years ago, that retains its lively sense of purpose and deep insight into American life. One could well say that this book is required reading in this day and age for Americans and Europeans alike. This is a neglected masterpiece.
j***VERKAUFSKATEGORIE*** 0 d Der deutsch-amerikanische Psychologe Hugo Munsterberg (1863-1916) ist heute vor allem als Pionier der angewandten Psychologie bekannt. Daruber gerat in Vergessenheit, dass ein grosser Teil seines umfangreichen Lebenswerkes den methodologischen Grundlagenproblemen der Psychologie gewidmet war. Die vorliegende Ausgabe korrigiert diese Fehleinschatzung, indem sie die wichtigsten Schriften aus Munsterbergs Zeit als Privatdozent in Freiburg wieder verfugbar macht. Diese teilweise im Auszug vorgelegten Texte (Beitrage zur experimentellen Psychologie, Uber die Willenshandlung, Uber den Ursprung der Sittlichkeit) sind seit ihrem Erscheinen niemals neu aufgelegt worden. Sie zeigen Munsterbergs Bemuhen um eine evolutionstheoretische Begrundung der wissenschaftlichen Psychologie im Kampf gegen das psychologische Systems Wilhelm Wundts. Eine umfangreiche Einleitung und Materialien zur Rezeptionsgeschichte dokumentieren die bedeutende Rolle, die Munsterberg in den Debatten um die Grundlegung der Psychologie als Wissenschaft gespielt hat.
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