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Hans-Kilian-Award
The Hans Kilian Award honored researchers whose outstanding scientific achievements provide a deeper insight into the historical and cultural existence of humankind and the changing human psyche. The award, a cash prize of 80,000 euros, was one of the best-endowed social sciences awards in Europe. It was awarded every two years between 2011 and 2019, five times in total. The award was conceived by Lotte Köhler and established by the Köhler Foundation. It bears the name of the late social psychologist and psychoanalyst Hans Kilian (1921-2008) and aimed to foster his idea of an interdisciplinary social psychology and psychoanalysis as well as his concept of “metacultural humanization.” This concept reflects the interactions between individual life history and broader sociohistorical developments and aims to integrate social and cultural psychological, psychoanalytic, anthropological, historical, and sociological perspectives. In line with Hans Kilian's ideas, the award recogn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaan Valsiner
Jaan Valsiner (born June 29, 1951 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian Americans, Estonian-American professor of Developmental psychology, developmental and cultural psychology, the recipient of Alexander von Humboldt Prize (1995) for his interdisciplinary work on human development and 2017 Hans-Kilian-Award winner, the Foreign Member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences and the former ''Niels Bohr Professor'' of Cultural Psychology (in 2013-2018), currently, a professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. Life Jaan Valsiner worked as a professor of psychology in Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts from 1997. Between 2013 and 2018, Valsiner was a Niels Bohr Professor, since then a professor at Aalborg University in Denmark. His early studies were in the field of developmental psychology, specifically in the analysis of mother-child interaction patterns and ever since he identifies himself as "cultural psychologist with a consistently developmental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Kilian And Lotte Köhler Center
The Hans Kilian and Lotte Köhler Center for Cultural Psychology and Historical Anthropology (KKC) was established in August 2014 at the Chair for Social Theory and Social Psychology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. It is mainly funded by the ''Köhler Foundation'', which is a member of the ''Stifterverband'', a German business community initiative advocating long-term improvement of the German education and research landscape. The KKC is named after two individuals whose biographies are closely linked, namely, Hans Kilian and Lotte Köhler. Hans Kilian (1921–2008), M.D., held the Chair for Social Psychology and Applied Psychoanalysis at the University of Kassel, Germany, from 1971 to 1984. His research interests included psychosomatic medicine, work psychology, cultural-evolutionary anthropology, and the interdisciplinary analysis of psychohistorical and psychosocial developments in individuals and their social environments. One of his specific interests was the lasting psy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Joas
Hans Joas (; ; born November 27, 1948) is a German sociologist and social theorist. Hans Joas is Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion at the Humboldt University of Berlin. From 2011 until 2014 he was a Permanent Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS); from 2002 until 2011 he was the Director of the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt. He is also Visiting Professor of Sociology and Social Thought and a Member of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. Hans Joas is Ordinary Member of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Non-resident Long-term Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala. Life *1968–1971 studying sociology, philosophy, history, German literature at the University of Munich *1971–1972 studying the same disciplines at the Free University of Berlin *1972 "Diploma" in sociology *1973–1977 "Wissenschaftlicher A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Benjamin
Jessica Benjamin is a psychoanalyst known for her contributions to psychoanalysis and social thought. She is currently a practicing psychoanalyst in New York City where she is on the faculty of the New York University Postdoctoral Psychology Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, and the Stephen Mitchell Center for Relational Studies. Jessica Benjamin is one of the original contributors to the fields of relational psychoanalysis, theories of intersubjectivity, and gender studies and feminism as it relates to psychoanalysis and society. She is known for her ideas about recognition in both human development and the sociopolitical arena. Early life and education Jessica Benjamin was born to a Jewish family and earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1967, and her MA from the University of Frankfurt in West Germany, where she studied Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy. Jessica Benjamin earned her PhD in Sociology from NYU in 1978. She received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Social Sciences Awards
This list of social sciences awards is an index to articles about notable awards given for contributions to social sciences in general. It excludes LGBT-related awards and awards for anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, Information science, politics and political science, psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ... and List of sociology awards, sociology, which are covered by separate lists. The list is organized by the country of the sponsoring organization, but awards may be given to people from other countries. Awards See also * Lists of awards * Lists of science and technology awards * List of LGBT-related awards * List of anthropology awards * List of archaeology awards * List of economics awards * List of geography awards * List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashis Nandy
Ashis Nandy ( bn, আশিস নন্দী; born 13 May 1937) is an Indian political psychologist, social theorist, and critic. A trained clinical psychologist, Nandy has provided theoretical critiques of European colonialism, development, modernity, secularism, Hindutva, science, technology, nuclearism, cosmopolitanism, and utopia. He has also offered alternative conceptions relating to cosmopolitanism and critical traditionalism. In addition to the above, Nandy has offered an original historical profile of India's commercial cinema as well as critiques of state and violence. He was Senior Fellow and Former Director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) for several years. Today, he is a Senior Honorary Fellow at the institute and apart from being the Chairperson of the Committee for Cultural Choices and Global Futures, also in New Delhi. Nandy received the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2007. In 2008 he appeared on the list of the Top 100 Public Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
