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This paper introduces the life and work of the forgotten German-Jewish scholar Heymann Steinthal (1823–1899). He was the pioneering editor of a commented edition of the linguistic writings of Wilhelm von Humboldt, author of numerous books on linguistics, philosophy, ethics, and mythology, as well as the cofounder and editor of the Zeitschrift für Völkerpsychologie und Sprachwissenschaft (Journal for Ethnopsychology and Linguistics), a journal that was launching a new academic discipline, ethnopsychology [Völkerpsychologie]. This article proceeds on the assumption that Steinthal’s linguistic, mythological, and ethnopsychological writings have had a scarcely known but most eminent influence on the discipline of psychology and on the development of psychoanalysis in the nineteenth century. This influence is identified on four levels:

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From the Soul to the Social Self: Heymann Steinthal’s Contributions to Psychology in His Linguistic and Mythological Writings

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    2025年

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  • Sabine Sander

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This paper introduces the life and work of the forgotten German-Jewish scholar Heymann Steinthal (1823–1899). He was the pioneering editor of a commented edition of the linguistic writings of Wilhelm von Humboldt, author of numerous books on linguistics, philosophy, ethics, and mythology, as well as the cofounder and editor of the Zeitschrift für Völkerpsychologie und Sprachwissenschaft (Journal for Ethnopsychology and Linguistics), a journal that was launching a new academic discipline, ethnopsychology [Völkerpsychologie]. This article proceeds on the assumption that Steinthal’s linguistic, mythological, and ethnopsychological writings have had a scarcely known but most eminent influence on the discipline of psychology and on the development of psychoanalysis in the nineteenth century. This influence is identified on four levels: