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> ^ DO u< 64588 OU_1 OSMANIA UNTWERSriY LIBRARY Accession No. Call No. 31714 137/L67D Kurt Authoiewin. of TitleDynarnic theory p ersonality This book shouJd be returned on or before the date last marked below. McGRAW-HILL PUBLICATIONS IN PSYCHOLOGY F. CONSULTING EDITOR J. DASHIELL, PH.D., A DYNAMIC THEORY OF PERSONALITY Selected Papers McGraw-Hill Publications tn Psychology JOHN F. DAS II I ELL CONHULTINQ EDI'IOK and CHILD BEHAVIOR AND DEVELOP- Barker, Kounin, Wright MENT /Jro?/>n -PSYCHOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL ORDER Brown THE PSYCHODYNAMICS OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR Col? GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY - and Gilbert RECENT EXPERI- Craftx, Schneirla, Hobinxon, MENTS IN PSYCHOLOGY Davis PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING RELIGION: ITS FUNCTIONS IN HUMAN LIFE Dunlap Ghiselli and Brown PERSONNEL AND INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY IN HUMAN AFFAIRS Gray FUNDAMENTAL STATISTICS IN PSYCHOLOGY AND Ki>- Guilford ucATIO N PsYCHOMETHIC METIIODS Guilford Hurlock ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT Hurlock CHILD DEVELOPMENT Johnson ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHOLOGY Krech and THEORY AND PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL Crutchfield PSYCHOLOGY Lnrin A DYNAMIC THEORY OF PERSONALITY Lewin PRINCIPLES OF TOPOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY McNemar and Merrill STUDIES IN PERSONALITY (AW.) Maier FRUSTRATION Maier and frchneirla PRINCIPLES OF ANIMAL PSYCHOLOGY Moore PSYCHOLOGY FOR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY Morgan ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY Page AN ELEMENTARY PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ABNORMAL Pdlsbury Richards MODERN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY Seashore PSYCHOLOGY OF Music Reward SEX AND THE SOCIAL ORDER PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSONALITY titagner Terman and Miles SEX AND PERSONALITY Wallin PERSONALITY MALADJUSTMENTS AND MENTAL HY- GIENE A DYNAMTC'THEORY OF PERSONALITY Selected Papers BY KURT Pn.D. LEWIN, at the Formerly Professor of Psychology University of Berlin; at Cornell Acting Professor University TRANSLATED BY DONALD K. PH.D. ADAMS, Duke University AND KARL E. Pii.D. ZENER, Duke University FIRST EDITION NINTH IMPRESSION McGRAW-HILL BOOK INC. COMPANY, NEW YORK AND LONDON 1935 PREFACE The book is a collection of present originally independent articles which were written at different times and for quite different occasions. the reader will find some of the Hence, fundamental ideas the book. The selec- recurring throughout tion has been made in order to a of the fields thus give picture far studied, th& psychology of the person and of the environ- and at the same time to indicate their connections with ment, the various child applied fields, especially psychology, peda- and social gogy, psychopathology, characterology, psychology. a few one could at least Only years ago observe, among German a mood. After the psychologists, quite pessimistic initial successes of in its experimental psychology early stages, it seemed to become clearer and clearer that it would remain for method to on the impossible experimental press beyond of and to such vital psychology perception memory problems as those with which was concerned. psychoanalysis Weighty " " " and considerations seemed philosophical methodological" to make such an a The first undertaking priori impossible. in this direction seemed to confirm positive experiments only the belief that the of emotion, experimental psychology (will, and character was condemned to rest content with surface facts and to leave all to schools and deeper problems speculation, of test. incapable experimental in this field I felt that I had a task methodo- Working begun and sound and the broader logically technically necessary, elaboration of which could not be for decades. Never- expected theless it soon became clear that these are though problems are no means to solve. One had difficult, they by impossible to clear out a number of only hoary philosophical prejudices and to set his scientific to arrive at goal high enough explana- tion and it can no be doubted that prediction. Today longer the for are questions set, example, by psychoanalysis readily accessible to clarification if experimental only appropriate methods and are it seems some- concepts employed. Indeed, vi PREFACE what easier to advance to laws in the field of needs dynamic and emotions than in the of visit psychology perception. My to American universities the last has shown me during year in of all the differences of historical the that, spite background, belief in these is rise to possibilities giving many experiments. The relations to and to psychopathology comparative psy- of fruitful. Natu- chology give promise becoming especially I know how near the we stand. But the rally beginning seems to be much more than I development proceeding rapidly had The reason for this above the historical is, all, hoped. of which is for a "Galileian" mode of position psychology, ripe thought. I have been asked whether I of the name approve "topolo- for this of research. I have no gical psychology" type objec- tion to it so as the are I am long following points emphasized. convinced that is in a to psychology today position grow the "schools" in the old sense of the word. To con- beyond tribute to this is a of our work which uses, growth major goal so far as the of mathematics. For this possible, language is less than other and at the same time language equivocal any and since it the "objective" "unspeculative," expresses only structural order of and events. I do not things However, limit to of the use of myself concepts topology. Furthermore, mathematical is an of a more language only expression general "constructive" method whose chief characteristic is its greater to the between and fact. ability bridge gap theory particular remains the basic mathematical disci- Nevertheless, topology for the of in the whole field of pline presentation dynamics and I am more and more convinced that it will psychology, a solid framework for a become, beyond this, dynamic sociology. Doctors D. K. Adams and Karl Zener have undertaken the labor of the articles into great translating English. Only those who know the difficulties of this sort of translation in new fields will the extent to which I am scientifically appreciate indebted to them. KuRT LWIN NEW ITHACA, YORK, Kfarchf IQ35

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