The European Miracle Psychological Stages and the Origin of Modern Society
- 1 Karlsruhe Institute for Sociology, Germany
- 2 Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Germany
- 3 University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Abstract
The idea that the rise of modern, industrial society originates in psychological advancements is to find among classic authors of sociology and history such as Comte, Elias and Lamprecht and more recently described by Habermas. It will be shown that central transformations within sciences, industrial economy, political structures, Enlightenment, humanitarian revolution, law, painting, music and literature having taken place during the emergence of modern society actually originate in psychological stage advancements. Thus, there is a deep connection between psychological stages on the one side and historical transformations leading to modern society on the other side. It is therefore necessary to combine Piagetian psychology with historical data and sociological considerations.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/jssp.2020.84.99
Copyright: © 2020 Georg Oesterdiekhoff, Jörn Rüsen and Hans-Jürgen Hummell. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Keywords
- Psychological Stages
- Social Transformations
- Modern
- Industrial Society
- Modern Europe
- Rise of the West