The complete social scientist : a Kurt Lewin reader /

This anthology continues the effort to make Kurt Lewin's work easily accessible again by bringing together 15 significant articles that were written over a span of 30 yrs. These articles were selected because they still stand as relevant contributions to the world's culture and they reflec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewin, Kurt, 1890-1947
Corporate Author: American Psychological Association
Other Authors: Gold, Martin, 1931-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [1999]
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Making of a Compleat Social Scientist: A Brief Intellectual Biography
  • part I. Philosopher of Science. 1. Cassirer's Philosophy of Science and the Social Sciences. 2. The Conflict Between Aristotelian and Galileian Modes of Thought in Contemporary Psychology. 3. Psychoanalysis and Topological Psychology
  • part II. Research Psychologist. 4. Intention, Will, and Need. 5. "Two Fundamental Types of Life Processes" 6. Level of Aspiration. 7. Frustration and Regression: An Experiment With Young Children. 8. Patterns of Aggressive Behavior in Experimentally Created "Social Climates"
  • part III. Applied Psychologist. 9. Jewish Education and Reality. 10. Group Decision and Social Change. 11. The Dynamics of Group Action
  • part IV. Sage. 12. Socializing the Taylor System. 13. Democracy and the School. 14. Personal Adjustment and Group Belongingness. 15. Psychology and the Process of Group Living.