Mitchell G. Ash
Historian specializing in modern German history and the history of science; long-time faculty member at the University of Vienna.
Books
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1. Gestalt Psychology In German Culture, 1890 1967
Holism and the Quest for Objectivity
A cultural and intellectual history tracing how Gestalt psychology emerged in Germany around the 1890s, matured through the interwar years, and was transformed by emigration, Nazi politics, and postwar reconstruction up to the 1960s; it situates the movement’s theoretical and methodological claims within broader debates in philosophy, art, psychiatry, and institutional life, examines key figures and schools, and shows how national culture and political upheavals shaped both the reception of Gestalt ideas and their migration into international psychology and cognitive science.