<ul> <li> The first comprehensive study of the topic.</li> <li> Follows the reception and impact of <em>V</em><em>ö</em><em>lkerpsychologie</em> both in Germany and abroad.</li> <li> Traces the genealogy of concepts currently used in the social sciences and humanities e.g. 'identity' and explains the circumstances of their inception.</li> <li> Challenges the notion that <em>V</em><em>ö</em><em>lkerpsychologie</em>is and/or was an uniquely German phenomenon.</li></ul>