History and the Unconscious

Titel: History and the Unconscious : The Theoretical Assumptions and Research Practices of Psychohistory
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Veröffentlicht: Bern : Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, 2021
Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (410 p.)
Format: E-Book
Sprache: Englisch
Schriftenreihe/
mehrbändiges Werk:
Studies in History, Memory and Politics ; 38
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ISBN: 9783631838785 ; 9783631840658 ; 9783631840665 ; 9783631840672
  • Introduction to the English-Language Edition
  • p. 9
  • Introduction
  • p. 13
  • Part I
  • The Psychohistorical Concept
  • p. 23
  • Conceptualization and Research Program
  • p. 23
  • A Few Words about Psychoanalysis
  • p. 26
  • Applied Psychoanalysis and Psychohistory
  • p. 28
  • Psychohistory and Academic History
  • p. 30
  • Psychohistory and Philosophy of History
  • p. 32
  • Psychohistory and the Social Sciences
  • p. 36
  • Other Psychological Concepts
  • p. 37
  • Psychohistory's Research Fields
  • p. 39
  • The Psychohistorian's Profession
  • p. 44
  • Psychohistory between "Traditional" and "New" History
  • p. 46
  • Psychohistory as a Historiographical Paradigm
  • p. 48
  • Birth, Development, Crisis
  • p. 62
  • Beginnings
  • p. 63
  • Psychohistory Becomes History
  • p. 72
  • Psychohistory on the Road to Stabilization
  • p. 80
  • Psychohistory in the Seminar Room
  • p. 85
  • Debate Surrounding Psychohistory
  • p. 90
  • Psychohistory's Identity Crisis
  • p. 105
  • Recapitulation
  • p. 109
  • Part II
  • Methodological Thought in Psychohistory
  • p. 111
  • Psychohistory's Methodological Discourse and its Functions
  • p. 111
  • The Psychohistorical Vision of the World
  • p. 117
  • The Ideal of Psychohistorical Scholarship
  • p. 124
  • Between Tradition and Modernism in Historical Scholarship
  • p. 125
  • The Psychohistorian as "Psychotherapist"
  • p. 132
  • The Alleviation of Communal Ills
  • p. 136
  • Psychohistorical "Therapy" within the Sphere of Scholarly Investigation
  • p. 144
  • Criticism
  • p. 146
  • The Methodology of Psychohistorical Research
  • p. 151
  • The Debate Surrounding Theory
  • p. 152
  • Psychoanalysis - Theory or Research Technique
  • p. 164
  • The "Hermeneutics of Suspicion" - Psychohistorical Innovation and Historical Source Critique
  • p. 172
  • Explanation in Psychohistory
  • p. 180
  • Psychohistorical Reductionism
  • p. 185
  • Psychohistorical Ahistoricism
  • p. 187
  • Methodological Issues in Psychohistory's Basic Research Fields
  • p. 189
  • Psychobiography
  • p. 189
  • History of Childhood
  • p. 197
  • Group Psychohistory
  • p. 206
  • Teaching Psychohistory
  • p. 212
  • Recapitulation
  • p. 219
  • Part III
  • The Applied Methodology of Psychohistory
  • p. 221
  • On the Concept of "Applied Methodology"
  • p. 221
  • Difficulties with Choosing the "Canon"
  • p. 222
  • Psychobiography as a "Model" Field of Psychohistorical Inquiry
  • p. 227
  • The Functions of Theory in Biographical Research
  • p. 231
  • Conceptualization and Interpretation
  • p. 233
  • The Procedure of Explanation in Psychobiography and Psychohistory
  • p. 236
  • The Procedure of Retrodiction in Psychohistorical Research Practice
  • p. 239
  • Building a Psychological Portrait
  • p. 242
  • Cultural Context and Portrait Construction
  • p. 252
  • The Psychological Portrait as an Explanatory Prerequisite
  • p. 255
  • Is Psychobiography "Pathography"?
  • p. 256
  • On "Traumatic Interpretations"
  • p. 258
  • Approaching Sources: Empirical References in Psychohistory
  • p. 264
  • Psychologism and Psychobiography
  • p. 269
  • History of Childhood
  • p. 271
  • The "Psychogenic Theory of History" and the History of Childhood
  • p. 279
  • Group Psychology
  • p. 282
  • The Idea of Group Biography
  • p. 282
  • The Generation and Life Cycle
  • p. 286
  • In Search of a Sociological Reference System
  • p. 289
  • Model Analysis in Group Psychohistory
  • p. 290
  • Group Psychohistory as a Study of the Group Process
  • p. 292
  • Recapitulation
  • p. 297
  • Part IV
  • Psychohistorical Case Studies
  • p. 299
  • Introduction
  • p. 299
  • Isaac Newton Painted with a Psychohistorian's "Brush"
  • p. 300
  • A Ruler and his Childhood: The Early Years of Louis XIII
  • p. 309
  • A Beloved Symbol of the Nation: Wilhelm II and his Subject's Psychological Needs
  • p. 326
  • Conclusions
  • p. 347
  • Bibliography
  • p. 357
  • Sources
  • p. 357
  • Psychohistory: Monographs and Articles
  • p. 357
  • Psychohistory: Methodological Papers, Polemics, Etc
  • p. 364
  • Other Works Cited
  • p. 382
  • Index
  • p. 395