Author Description

"Heinz Werner (1890-1964) was one of the three key developmental psychologists of the 20th century - along with Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. This book is a new exploration of Werner's ideas and their social contexts - in Vienna in his student years, in Hamburg up to 1933, followed by the years of transit as an immigrant to America at times of economic depression, and - finally, culminating in his establishment of the prominent "Clark tradition" in American psychology since the 1950s. The book offers an in-depth analysis of Werner's ideas - as they were originally formulated in Vienna and Hamburg, and how they were changed by North American influences. An analysis of the social-intellectual climate of the development of psychology in America in the 1950s is a special feature of this book that will further enhance an understanding of Werner's unique contribution." "This book will be of interest to developmental psychologists, sociologists and historians of science, philosophers, practitioners working in special education and neuropsychology, and for general readers interested in the history of ideas and life courses of scientists."--BOOK JACKET.