Lifeworlds of Baltic Germans
Psychography in Social Context
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The present book examines a largely overlooked scientific discipline in Personality Psychology known as Psychography. The origins of Psychography can be traced back to the efforts of William Stern in 1911. As a scientific discipline, Psychography seeks to elucidate how individuals develop significant life patterns throughout their lives and make critical choices regarding their futures. It serves as a qualitative tool for interpreting the complexities of human lives and their transformations within the context of irreversible time.
Moreover, this book applies Psychography to concrete examples, particularly focusing on the life and works of the novelist Eduard von Keyserling. Through this analysis, we aim to unravel the experiences of German-Baltic individuals who have had to construct and continually reconstruct their lives in response to the challenges they faced throughout their lifetimes, including war and political turmoil.
PART I. German-Balts in Their Lifeworlds
- Chapter 1. The Cultural-Historical Niche: The Complex History of Baltic-Germans
- Chapter 2. Eduard von Keyserling: Understanding German-Baltic Life-Themes
- Chapter 3. Eduard von Keyserling: A Psychogram
- Chapter 4. Contrasting Lives: A Comparative Analysis of Eduard von Fircks and Eduard von Keyserling Through the Lens of Personal and Social Values
- PART II. The Science of Psychography
- Chapter 5. Reasoning with William Stern’s Research: Towards a Systematic Construction of a Psychographic Science
- Chapter 6. Addressing the Limits of Psychohistory: A New Interpretative Framework Based on Boesch’s Symbolic Action Theory
- Chapter 7. The Pragmatic Turn in Critical Personalism: Getting Inspiration From Eduard von Keyserling
- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Personalism and Psychography: A Study of Baltic-German Life Histories
Enno von Fircks is a cultural psychologist at the Sigmund Freud University, Austria.