Allen Esterson wrote: > An addition to Stephen's list of quotes: > > Wolfgang Köhler, gestalt psychologist and ethologist: > > "I now turn to psychoanalysis, the source of more, and of darker, smog > than any other doctrine has produced." (Quoted in Percival Bailey, > *Sigmund the Unserene: A Tragedy in Three Acts*, 1965) > >
I'm sure Koehler (trained as a physicist under Max Planck) had his legitimate doubts about psychoanalysis. One should keep in mind, also, the ongoing intellectual rivalry between Berlin and Vienna at work here. My wife once suggested to a friend of hers from Berlin, who was experiencing some personal difficulties, that she might seek out a therapist of counselor. The instant and definitive reply was "We are Prussian, not Austrian!" There is a religious aspect to the this rivalry as well (Prussian is Protestant, Austria Catholic). Interestingly, the one obvious conflict that was probably NOT at work in Koehler's remark was anti-semitism. The other major Gestalt theorists (Wertheimer, Koffka) were, of course. Jewish (though Koehler was not). Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5663 or send a blank email to leave-5663-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
