Gestalt Psychology in German Culture, 1890-1967 - Holism and the Quest for Objectivity

Klappentext Based on exhaustive research in primary sources! this study examines the multiple social and intellectual contexts of Gestalt theory from 1890 to 1967. 10 photos. Diagrams. Zusammenfassung A full-length historical study of Gestalt psychology in Germany! based on exhaustive research in primary sources! including archival material. Ash challenges accepted viewpoints in the history of German science and culture by showing that holistic thought! natural science! and democratic politics were compatible. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Social and Intellectual Settings: 1. The academic environment and the establishment of experimental psychology; 2. Carl Stumpf and the training of scientists in Berlin; 3. The philosophers' protest; 4. Making a science of mind: styles of reasoning in sensory physiology and experimental psychology; 5. Challenging positivism: revised philosophies of mind and science; 6. The Gestalt debate: from Goethe to Ehrenfels and beyond; Part II. The Emergence of Gestalt Theory, 1910-1920: 7. Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Köhler; 8. Laying the conceptual and research foundations; 9. Reconstructing perception and behaviour; 10. Insights and confirmations in animals: Köhler on Tenerife; 11. The step to natural philosophy: Die Physischen Gestalten; 12. Wertheimer in times of war and revolution: science for the military and toward a new logic; Part III. The Berlin School in Weimar Germany: 13. Establishing the Berlin School; 14. Research styles and results; 15. Theory's growth and limits: development, open systems, self and society; 16. Variations in theory and practice: Kurt Lewin, Adhemar Gelb and Kurt Goldstein; 17. The encounter with Weimar culture; 18. The reception among German-speaking psychologists; Part IV. Under Nazism and After: Survival and Adaptation: 19. Persecution, emigration and Köhler's resistance in Berlin; 20. Two students adapt: Wolfgang Metzger and Kurt Gottschaldt; 21. Research, theory and system: continuity and change; 22. The post-war years; Appendices; List of unpublished sources; Notes; Index....

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• Authors: Mitchell G. Ash, Ash Mitchell G.
• Assisted by: Mitchell G. Ash (Editor), William R. Woodward (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.1998
• EAN: 9780521646277
• ISBN: 978-0-521-64627-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Psychology
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; History of Ideas, Germany, 20th Century, SCIENCE / General, MATHEMATICS / General, HISTORY / Social History, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Mathematics & science, Mathematics and science