Lamiell James T
Georgetown University.
Hist Psychol. 2012 Nov;15(4):379-84. doi: 10.1037/a0027439.
This article discusses the events and considerations, both 'distal' and 'proximal,' behind the production of the author's recent book, William Stern (1871-1938): A Brief Introduction to His Life and Works (Pabst Science Publishers, Germany, March, 2010). The 'distal' roots of the work lie in the advice given to the author by German and other European colleagues in the mid-1980s that examining Stern's writing in some detail would likely prove fruitful. The more proximal roots lie in a series of public lectures that the author prepared and delivered in the capacity of Ernst Cassirer Guest Professor in the Institute for Philosophy at the University of Hamburg in 2004. It is explained that the primary intent of the book is to provide readers with a preliminary sense of the breadth of Stern's contributions to psychology, and to suggest that his works might well deserve closer attention in the 21st century than they ever gained during the 20th. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).
本文讨论了作者近期著作《威廉·斯特恩（1871 - 1938）：其生平与著作简介》（德国帕布斯特科学出版社，2010年3月）创作背后的诸多事件及考量因素，包括“远因”和“近因”。该著作的“远因”源自20世纪80年代中期德国及其他欧洲同事给作者的建议，即详细研究斯特恩的著作可能会卓有成效。更直接的“近因”则是作者于2004年以恩斯特·卡西尔客座教授的身份在汉堡大学哲学研究所准备并发表的一系列公开讲座。文中解释说，这本书的主要目的是让读者初步了解斯特恩对心理学贡献的广度，并表明在21世纪他的著作或许值得比在20世纪时更密切的关注。（《心理学文摘数据库记录》（c）2012美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
