Eduard Spranger

Eduard Spranger
A sketch of Eduard Spranger.
Born (1882-06-27)27 June 1882
Berlin, Germany
Died 17 September 1963(1963-09-17) (aged 81)
Tübingen, Germany
Nationality German
Occupation Philosopher and psychologist

Eduard Spranger (27 June 1882 – 17 September 1963) was a German philosopher and psychologist. A student of Wilhelm Dilthey, Spranger was born in Berlin and died in Tübingen. He was considered a humanist who developed a philosophical pedagogy as an act of 'self defense' against the psychology-oriented experimental theory of the times. [1]

Thought

Spranger evaluated personalities in terms of six ideals or value orientations; theoretical, economic, aesthetic, social political and religious "types" of personality traits. [2]

Spranger contributed to the pedagogy of personality theory, in his book Types of Men [3] His value attitudes were:

  • The Theoretical, whose dominant interest is the discovery of truth
  • The Economic, who is interested in what is useful
  • The Aesthetic, whose highest value is form and harmony
  • The Social, whose highest value is love of people
  • The Political, whose interest is primarily in power
  • The Religious, whose highest value is unity [4]

Those six in more detail are:

Theoretical: A passion to discover, systemize and analyze; a search for knowledge.

Utilitarian: A passion to gain a return on all investments involving time, money and resources.

Aesthetic: A passion to experience impressions of the world and achieve form and harmony in life; self-actualization.

Social: A passion to invest myself, my time, and my resources into helping others achieve their potential.

Individualistic: A passion to achieve position and to use that position to affect and influence others.

Traditional: A passion to seek out and pursue the highest meaning in life, in the divine or the ideal, and achieve a system for living. This instrument is sometimes offered along with the DISC assessment.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Charle, Christophe; Schriewer, Jürgen (2004). Transnational Intellectual Networks: Forms of Academic Knowledge and the Search for Cultural Identities. Frankfort/New York: Campus Verlag.
  2. ↑ Gaus, Gerald F. (1990). Value and Justification: The Foundations of Liberal Theory. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  3. ↑ Spranger, Eduard; (translated by) Pigors, P.J.W (1914). Types of Men. G. E. Stechert Company, 1928: Lebensformen; Halle (Saale):.
  4. ↑ "Figure: Spranger's dimensions of value". Hfr.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  5. ↑ "Jumbovision Premiere Mobile LED Screens & LED Video Walls is under construction" (PDF). Brianroat.com. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
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