I: Lewin then and now. - Approach as a description of the nature of scientific activity: Some reflections and suggestions. - Kurt Lewin and American psychology: An ambivalent relationship. - Lewin's sphere of influence from Berlin. - The man in transition: Kurt Lewin and his times. - Kurt Lewin's influence on social emotional climate research in Germany and the United States. - Theoretical positions of Kurt Lewin and Egon Brunswick controversial or complementary points of view?. - Lewin and current developmental theory. - Lewin and social science: A theoretical note. - II: Practical Theory. - A. Therapy-mental health-interpersonal relations. - Kurt Lewin's influence on the field of mental health. - Understanding enrichment and therapy in marriage: The legacy of Kurt Lewin. - Lewinian theory in clinical practice. - Kurt Lewin: Intergroup relations and applications in current action research. - Application of Lewin's life space concept to the individual and group-as-a-whole systems in group psychotherapy. - B. Edúcation. - Action research as a guiding principle in an educational curriculum: The Lincoln University Master's Program in Human Services. - Kurt Lewin's influence on business education. - Children in cooperation and competition: The role of entitlement and deservedness. - Participants as consultants to themselves. - C. Organizational and human resources development. - The quality circle phenomenon. - Using graduate students as consultants to teach action research to residence hall staff. - Teaching force field analysis: A suggested training design. - Utilizing Lewinian principles for an institutional planning process within a medical school. - Organizational processes in a University department: A report of an action research and organizational development project. - D. Community psychology and community action. - Environmental psychology and action research: Lewin's legacy. - Community action research in North Philadelphia. - Report of an action research project: The Hunting Park community leaders survey problems and prospects for park preservation. - A practical theory for optimal intergroup-initiated encounters: The Arab-Jewish case. - E. Research lines. - Support reference and gatekeeping functions within the interpersonal field: Lewin contributions. - A continuation of Lewinian research in the study of cooperation and competition. - New paradigm research. - A neo-Lewinian action research method. - The effects of affirmative action on minority persons: Research in the Lewinian tradition. Language: English