THE GESTALT THEORY AND THE PROBLEM OF CONFIGURATION

Bruno Petermann (University of Kiel)

Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., Broadway House, Carter Lane, London E.C., 1932

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First impression of the first edition in English. ***Translated from the German by Meyer Fortes. ***Illustrated with nineteen black and white text-figures. ***Very good in petrol-blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Surface of boards unobtrusively lightly mottled, not affecting interior pastedowns. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Top corner of rear board bumped. Lower corners of rear board slightly bumped. Fore-edge of text-block slightly foxed. Sporadic light foxing to a few pages. No inscriptions. Pages slightly browned. Pages clean. Spine tight. No dustwrapper. ***220 mm x 144 mm. 344 pages including bibliography and index to rear plus eight-page catalogue of published titles by the publisher to the rear. ***Contents: Introduction: The Problem of Configuration and The Gestalt Theory. Book One. The Conceptual Constitution of the Gestalt Theory, Developed in its Genetic Continuity. Book Two: Towards a Criticism of The Gestalt Theory. Part One: Towards an Appraisement of the Constructional Foundation of the Gestalt Theory. Ch I: Kohler's Evidence to Demonstrate a Gestalt-Theoretical Province in the System of Physics. Ch. II: Kohler's Physiological Explanation of Phenomenal Gestalten in its Original Presentation. Ch. III: The Problem of Gestalt Physiology in Kohler's Gestalt Psychology of 1929, and its Appraisement in the light of a recent Fundamental Experiment in Biology. Part Two: Towards an Appraisement of the Concrete Empirical Foundation of the Gestalt Theory. Section One: On the Statics of Gestalten. Ch. I. Figural Structures as the Fundamental Phenomenon of the Gestalt Theory. Ch. II. The Figural Structures and their Functional Effects proper to the Structure. Ch. III: The General Concept of the Structure: Colour and Tone Gestalten. Section Two: The Notion on a Dynamics of Gestalten. Ch. I. The Doctrine of Gestalt Dynamics in the Realm of the Perceptual Gestalten. Ch. II. Gestalt Dynamics as the Explanation of the Higher Psychical Processes. Part Three: Towards an Appraisal of the Scientific Apparatus of the Gestalt Theory as whole. Conclusion: Towards a Characterization of the Gestalt Problems in their Entirety. ***Bruno Petermann later became a Nazi race theorist, writing papers on the subject, and becoming a proponent of, hereditary racial psychology, for example the paper he later published in 1935, entitled: "The Problem of the Racial Soul." ***Uncommon first impression of the first edition in English. Of interest to academics researching early books on the Gestalt Theory and works by Bruno Petermann. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.***. Seller Inventory # 3010

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE GESTALT THEORY AND THE PROBLEM OF ...

Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., Broadway House, Carter Lane, London E.C.

Publication Date: 1932

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: First Edition in English