{"product_id":"the-professionalization-of-psychology-in-nazi-germany-paperback-9780521102131","title":"The Professionalization of Psychology in Nazi Germany (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521102131","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Professionalization of Psychology in Nazi Germany\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe definitive work on the professionalization of psychology in Nazi Germany, now translated from German.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eUlfried Geuter (Author), Richard Holmes (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521102131, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 December 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This book, translated from earlier German editions...traces in detail the process whereby psychology was transformed from a highly academic science into a civilservice profession as a result of militarization...Geuter argues that authorities embraced psychology mainly for practical reasons, as a source of useful techniques...The great strength of this study is that it reconstructs the professional milieu of German psychology on the basis of exhaustive archival research and thus provides unprecedented detail on the activities of a community of scientists as they adapted to the demands of powerful political forces.\"   James H. Capshew, ISIS.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIt has been widely believed that psychology in Germany, faced with political antipathy and mass emigration of its leading minds, withered under national Socialism. Yet in The Professionalisation of Psychology in Nazi Germany Ulfried Geuter tells a radically different story of how German psychology, rather than disappearing, rapidly grew into a fully developed profession during the Third Reich. Geuter makes it clear that the rising demands of a modern industrial nation gearing up for a war afforded psychology with a unique opportunity in Nazi Germany: to transform itself from a marginal academic discipline into a state-sanctioned profession. This opportunity was mainly presented by Wehrmacht, whose demand for psychological expertise led to increasing support for academic departments, and to the expansion and standardisation of training programmes - a process of professionalization which culminated in 1941 with the creation of a state examination for Diplom, a professional psychology degree. Although the Wehrmacht's demand for its services fell along with the fortunes of the Nazi regime, the professional base psychology has carved for itself remained for the duration of the war and to this date.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNotes to the readers of the English edition\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the way to becoming an independent discipline\u003cbr\u003e 3. The potential of psychology for selecting workers and officers: diagnostics, character and expression\u003cbr\u003e 4. Psychologists at work: new professional activities in industry and army and their expansion in the war economy\u003cbr\u003e 5. Legitimation strategies and professional policy\u003cbr\u003e 6. University courses in psychology and the development of the diploma examination regulations (DPO) of 1941\u003cbr\u003e 7. The diploma examination regulations and their consequences\u003cbr\u003e 8. The disbanding of Luftwaffe and army psychology in 1942 and the reorientation of psychology in war\u003cbr\u003e 9. Self-deception, loyalty and solidarity: professionalization as a subjective process\u003cbr\u003e 10. Science, profession and power\u003cbr\u003e Postscript\u003cbr\u003e Comments on sources\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005647376664,"sku":"9780521102131","price":37.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521102131i_d51f34c1-46d1-4333-9559-909a73a54ec2.jpg?v=1694970840","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-professionalization-of-psychology-in-nazi-germany-paperback-9780521102131","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}