Psychology as the Defender of Modernity

People in Germany have an indifferent to poor relationship with our society. In fact, modernity, i.e. the last 200 years, has given the population historically unprecedented progress: democracy, human rights, social security systems, nutritive abundance. Yet this is little appreciated. This may be due to the fact that, in Diderot's sense, we have to prove ourselves permanently, that is, we live in a meritocracy that produces suffering.  However, totalitarian ideologies have also emerged and been implemented in modernity, for which modernity is also responsible. This essential shows that psychology, on closer inspection, turns out to be the defender of the good parts of modernity.
The contentThe hallmarks of modernityThe emergence of modernityModernity-postmodernity discussionThe Psyche in ModernityThe psychological schools
The target groupsPsychology studentsPsychologists and sociologists
The authorChristoph Klotter holds a professorship in nutritional psychology and health promotion at Fulda University of Applied Sciences. He is a psychological psychotherapist.