Klaus Holzkamp

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Klaus Holzkamp (November 30, 1927 – 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.

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German books:

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

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