Description

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Preface by Jaan Valsiner

Acknowledgement

Introduction

The first use of the term "psychology"

'Psyche' in ancient Greece

Humanism, Petrarchism and Melanchthon

The Reformation and Protestantism's need for psychology

Subjectivity in popular culture

Psychology and metaphysics

Psychology outside the German-speaking area

Metaphysics rooted in feelings and body - Spinoza

A dynamic understanding of the world - Leibniz

Christian Wolff - the ground zero of modern psychology?

The impact of Psychologia Empirica on the European enlightenment

References

Index

About the Author

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Sven Hroar Klempe is Professor in Psychology at the Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. His background includes time as full Professor in Musicology, Associate Professor in Media Studies, teacher, and journalist. His research is cross disciplinary, with an emphasis on the history of psychology, culture and psychology, theory of science, communication, and music psychology.