“Body structure and character”

Author: Ernst Kretschmer
Translation from Germannbsp;G.Ya. Tartakovsky

This publication includes one of the most important works of the outstanding German psychologist and psychiatrist Ernst Kretschmer, the creator of the theory of temperaments based on the study of body features. In his fundamental work, Kretschmer, using extensive empirical material, shows the connection between the main types of body structure and predisposition to mental illness.
The first edition of the book in Russian appeared in 1924. It was this that served as the basis for this edition. The text is provided with the necessary notes and comments.