
Lifeworlds of Baltic Germans
Psychography in Social Context
Enno Von Fircks(Author)
Emerald Publishing Limited
Will be published approx. on 1. December 2025
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-1-80592-119-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bingley
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80592-119-6 (9781805921196)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Enno von Fircks is a cultural psychologist at the Sigmund Freud University, Austria.
Content
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
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