Matthew Bell: *The German Tradition of Psychology in Literature and
Thought, 1700-1840*
Cambridge University Press, July 2005, ISBN 0521846269
The beginnings of psychology are usually dated from experimental
psychology and Freudian psychoanalysis in the late nineteenth century.
This book shows that in the period from 1700 to 1840 Germany produced
some highly sophisticated psychological theorizing that had an enormous
intellectual and cultural impact, well in advance of similar
developments in the English-speaking world. This study combines analysis
of philosophical writers including Leibniz, Kant, and Schopenhauer, with
close readings of major literary works such as Goethe’s /Faust/. All
German texts are translated into English, making this fascinating area
of European thought fully accessible to English readers for the first time.
Further details at:
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