TY - BOOK A1 - Kühn, Thomas A1 - Koschel, Kay-Volker T1 - Qualitative Markt- und Konsumforschung. Einführung und Praxis-Handbuch, Wiesbaden (Springer), 2022, 235 pp. Y1 - 2022 N1 - Ex libris Rainer Funk ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Kühn, Thomas A1 - et al., T1 - Selbst im Alltag. Qualitative Sekundäranalysen zu Identitätskonstruktionen im Wechselverhältnis von Normierung und Selbstentwurf, Wiesbaden (Springer VS) 2020, 264 pp. Y1 - 2020 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kühn, Thomas A1 - et al., T1 - Über dieses Buch – Der Subjekte alltägliches Ringen um Selbstfindung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Selbstermächtigung und Unterwerfung (unter Mitarbeit von Sabine Beckmann, Marina Mohr, Patrick Ehnis und Katrin Voigt) JF - T. Kühn et al., Selbst im Alltag. Qualitative Sekundäranalysen zu Identitätskonstruktionen im Wechselverhältnis von Normierung und Selbstentwurf, Wiesbaden (Springer VS) 2020, pp. 1-15. Y1 - 2020 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kühn, Thomas A1 - et al., T1 - Die qualitative Sekundäranalyse als Forschungsstrategie zur subjektorientierten Untersuchung gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen und Wandlungsprozesse (unter Mitarbeit von Sabine Beckmann, Marina Mohr, Patrick Ehnis und Katrin Voigt) JF - T. Kühn et al., Selbst im Alltag. Qualitative Sekundäranalysen zu Identitätskonstruktionen im Wechselverhältnis von Normierung und Selbstentwurf, Wiesbaden (Springer VS) 2020, pp. 17-30. Y1 - 2020 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kühn, Thomas T1 - Statusarrangement als Identitätsarbeit – Das Potenzial qualitativer Sekundäranalysen für die soziale Ungleichheitsforschung anhand eines Fallbeispiels JF - T. Kühn et al., Selbst im Alltag. Qualitative Sekundäranalysen zu Identitätskonstruktionen im Wechselverhältnis von Normierung und Selbstentwurf, Wiesbaden (Springer VS) 2020, pp. 31-63. Y1 - 2020 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kühn, Thomas T1 - Die Bedeutung von lebensgeschichtlichen Bilanzierungen und Selbstbildern für biographische Planungsprozesse JF - T. Kühn et al., Selbst im Alltag. Qualitative Sekundäranalysen zu Identitätskonstruktionen im Wechselverhältnis von Normierung und Selbstentwurf, Wiesbaden (Springer VS) 2020, pp. 229-264. Y1 - 2020 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kühn, Thomas T1 - Any chance for a revolution of hope? Transformative leadership as normative identity work - https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000412 JF - The Humanist Psychologist (American Psychological Association - APA), Vol. 53 (2025), pp. 631-652. N2 - This article develops a humanistically grounded and critically informed conceptualization of transformative leadership through the lens of normative identity work. Drawing on Erich Fromm’s social psychology, it reframes leadership as a moral and cultural practice that responds to systemic inequality, ethical disorientation, and the fragmentation of meaning in contemporary societies. Leadership, in this view, is not about directing others but about creating spaces in which people can orient themselves ethically and act with integrity within complex and contested contexts. The article integrates three strands of critical scholarship—humanistic ethics, critical leadership theory, and biographical research on identity—to substantiate this approach. This triangulation enables a multidimensional understanding of leadership that connects structural conditions with the subjective work of identity formation. The proposed >normative ABC< model—agency, belonging, and coherence—provides an analytical framework to explore how identity work unfolds at the intersection of power, meaning, and ethical striving. Rather than prescribing fixed ideals of >good leadership,< the article advocates for a reflexive, context-sensitive practice that engages with contradiction and supports dialogical, emancipatory processes. In times of overlapping crises, transformative leadership entails cultivating a shared horizon of responsibility and hope—while remaining attentive to social conflict, ideological tensions, and the contested nature of identity. From this vantage point, leadership becomes a space of critical engagement with the conditions that shape human development and possibilities for social transformation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved) Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Kühn, Thomas T1 - Kritische Sozialpsychologie des modernen Alltags. Zum Potenzial einer am Lebenslauf orientiereten Forschungsperspektive, Wiesbaden (Springer), 2015, 328 pp. Y1 - 2015 N1 - Ex libris Rainer Funk ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kühn, Thomas T1 - Normative identity work: exploring Erich Fromm’s perspective on self and society JF - Journal of Psychosocial Studies, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. xx; DOI: 10.1332/14786737Y2024D000000033 N2 - This article explores the potential of normative identity work to foster humanistic transformation, drawing from Erich Fromm’s social theory. By engaging with Fromm’s insights into the interplay between individuals and societal structures, the analysis demonstrates how identity work – understood as an ongoing process of self-construction within social contexts – can confront what Fromm terms the ‘pathology of normalcy’. Central to the discussion are Fromm’s reflections on identity and its relationship to the human needs for rootedness, relatedness and the construction of a frame of orientation. J14125The article integrates Fromm’s views on identity with contemporary identity research, illustrating the tensions between conforming to societal expectations and the pursuit of self-realisation. It introduces the ‘normative ABC of identity work’, a model structured around three key dimensions: agency, belonging and coherence. This model offers a lens to examine the various ways societal forces shape identity work, influencing individuals in directions that may either align with societal norms or open pathways towards humanistic growth and transformation. In the conclusion, the article emphasises the relationship between identity work and Fromm’s concept of social character, highlighting how social character can reflect and reinforce societal patterns while also pointing to the transformative potential embedded in humanistic values. This synthesis provides a critical framework for understanding how identity work can both sustain and challenge existing social norms and power structures. Y1 - 2024 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Funk, Rainer A1 - Kühn, Thomas T1 - Editorial: Humanistic transformation and contemporary pathologies of normalcy impulses following the analytical social psychology of Erich Fromm T2 - Journal of Psychosocial Studies, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 1–5; DOI: 10.1332/14786737Y2024D000000030 Y1 - 2024 ER -