Article ID: CBB337569485

Graphology in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s (June 2020)

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In this article I examine how psychologists, amateurs and actors in the police and in juridical fields positioned themselves in the 1920s and 1930s on the scientific nature of graphology. Graphology, the study of the character from handwriting, was linked with the hope of providing reliable methods for the investigation of psychological states and dispositions. The essay argues that on an epistemic level two different models have been represented to support the scientific nature of graphology: for one thing resorting to the special individual skill, the “genius” of a graphologist; or rather depersonalized techniques predominantly based on statistics. Amateur graphologists used both of these forms.

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Authors & Contributors
von Hohental, Anfrea
Loescher, Jens
Dehli, Martin
Wittmann, Barbara
Valsiner, Jaan
Stahnisch, Frank W.
Concepts
Psychology
Writing
Psychoanalysis
Science and literature
Handwriting; graphology
Psychopathology
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
17th century
Places
Germany
Great Britain
France
Austria
United States
Soviet Union
Institutions
Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
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