"In the world of contemporary academia, Danziger’s work is unique.
It blends immense knowledge of the history (and pre-history) of psychological
research with likewise immense knowledge of psychology’s conceptual and cultural
history; it combines discussion of empirical experimentation with its discourse
analysis; and it draws on registers of historical erudition and philosophical
acumen unusual in many human sciences and very rare in psychology. In today’s
psychology, Kurt Danziger appears like one of the small number of scholars from
ancient Athens who, after Greece was defeated, were able continue their work in
Rome, reminding the Romans of a civilization so different from theirs.
Two encyclopedia entries on Kurt Danziger have been published recently. The first was written for the Encyclopedia of the History of Psychological Theories (Springer, 2012). The second was written for the Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Psychology (Wiley, 2013). Both of these entries are available in the comments section of the website.
Two symposia have been held on Kurt Danziger's work in recent years. The first was held on his 85th birthday at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association in Toronto in 2011. The second was held at the annual meeting of the Japanese Psychological Association in Tokyo in 2012. Details of these and other symposia can be found in the symposia section of the website.
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