Elements of Folk Psychology : Outlines of A Psychological History of The Development of Mainkind, Vol. 2
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About The Author:- Wilhelm Wundt, is known as the Father of Experimental Psychology and Founder of modern Psychology, was born in 1832 in a small town in Baden, Germany. Having obtained a medical degree from the University of Heidelberg, he joined the same university as a lecturer in physiology. It was here that he published his work on the theory of sense perception and offered the first course even taught in scientific psychology. In 1873-74 he published the Principle of Physiological Psychology which advanced a new system of psychology and prescribed a new methodology for the examination of conscious experience. After he became a professor at the University of Leipzig, he established the first ever psychological laboratory in the world. His other outstanding works include the Outline of Psychology (1896) and Elements of Folk Psychology (1900-20). Wundt died in Grossbothen in Germany in 1920. Introduction by Dr. Sila Basa, Ph.D., D.Lit., FRAS (London). Born in Kolkata, India. 1947. working as an academic attached to the Department of Folklore and languages studies with various Universities. She is also associated with the training programmes in Folkloristics of the Asiatic Society, Kolkata, India. Contents:- Volume 2: THE AGE OF HEROES AND GODS GENERAL CHARATER OF THE HEROS THE EXTERNAL CULTURE OF THE HEROS AGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICAL SOCIETY FAMILY ORGANIZATION WITHIN POLITICAL SOCIETY THE DEFFERENTIATION OF CLASSES THE DIFFERENTIATION OF VOCATIONS THE ORIGIN OF CITIES THE BEGINNINGS OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM THE DEVELOPMENT OF PENAL LAW THE DIFFERENTIATION OF LEGAL FUCNTIONS THE ORIGIN OF GODS THE HERO SAGA COSMOGONIC ANDS THEOGONIC MYTHS THE BELIEF IN SOULS AND IN A WORLD BEYOND THE ORIGIN OF DEITY CULTS THE FORMS OF CULT PRACTICES THE ART OF THE HEROIC AGE CHAPTER IV THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANITY THE CONCEPT 'HUMANITY' WORLD EMPIRES WORLD CULTURE WORLD RELIGIONS WORLD HISTORY INDEX.- The Title 'Elements of Folk Psyc