Project Gutenberg 2013-11-08 Public domain in the USA. 421 Wundt, Wilhelm Max 1832 1920 Schaub, Edward L. (Edward Leroy) 1881 Schaub, Edward Leroy Elemente der Völkerpsychologie. English Elements of Folk Psychology Outline of a Psychological History of the Development of Mankind E-text prepared by Clare Graham, Heather Strickland, and Marc D'Hooghe (http://www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Elements of Folk Psychology" by Wilhelm Max Wundt is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work outlines a psychological history of human development, focusing on how collective mental processes shape beliefs and cultural practices across societies. Wundt aims to explore the relationships and influences within folk communities, distinguishing the collective psychological phenomena from individual consciousness. The opening of the book introduces the significance of folk psychology as a discipline and discusses its differentiation from individual psychology and ethnology. Wundt emphasizes that a comprehensive understanding of human culture requires examining not only individual experiences but also the community's shared beliefs and practices. He outlines a method for exploring humanity's development and sets the stage for discussing primitive man, his external culture, and the beginnings of family and marriage. Through this initial exploration, Wundt lays the foundation for analyzing the interconnectedness of mental processes within the broader context of cultural evolution throughout history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 47.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Ethnopsychology BF GN Text Category: Archaeology & Anthropology Category: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Sociology 1357757 2025-08-17T17:02:13.386859 text/html 1317704 2024-10-23T19:38:30 text/html 730936 2025-08-17T17:02:31.469289 application/epub+zip 747518 2025-08-17T17:02:18.843806 application/epub+zip 545735 2025-08-17T17:02:16.131804 application/epub+zip 1042118 2025-08-17T17:02:40.287240 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 929192 2025-08-17T17:02:28.589283 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 826540 2022-09-20T07:04:00.535344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1223488 2025-08-17T17:02:11.534869 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1203527 2024-10-23T19:38:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17386 2025-08-17T17:02:40.474187 application/rdf+xml 12136 2025-08-17T17:02:16.755841 image/jpeg 3361 2025-08-17T17:02:16.427802 image/jpeg 706613 2025-08-17T17:02:13.500850 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog de.wikipedia en.wikipedia