Klaus Holzkamp

Klaus Holzkamp.

Klaus Holzkamp (November 30, 1927, Berlin – November 1, 1995) was a German psychologist. He worked as a professor at the Free University of Berlin. He took a central role in defining critical psychology based on the works of Karl Marx.^[1] Holzkamp's main message is that mainstream psychology serves the interest of the power elite by disregarding the ability of humans to change their life circumstances. In a standard scientific study in the field of psychology the test setting is taken as a given, unchangeable fact, while in real life people may organize themselves and transform society.

Selected works

German books:

• Kritische Psychologie - Vorbereitende Arbeiten (1972)
• Grundlegung der Psychologie (1983)
• Lernen. Subjektwissenschaftliche Grundlegung. (1993)

References

1. Loren R. Graham, Wolf Lepenies and Peter Weingart (1983). Functions and Uses of Disciplinary Histories. Boston: D. Reidel Publishing Company. p. 195. ISBN 90-277-1520-3.

External links

• Teo, T. (2000). Klaus Holzkamp. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychology. Vol. 4 (pp. 141–142). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Teo, T. (1998). Klaus Holzkamp and the rise and decline of German Critical Psychology. History of Psychology, 1 (3) 235-253
• Klaus Holzkamp in the German National Library catalogue