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A note on the influence of F. M. Alexander on the development of gestalt therapy
Author(s) -
Tengwall Roger
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1520-6696
pISSN - 0022-5061
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6696(198101)17:1<126::aid-jhbs2300170113>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - gestalt psychology , id, ego and super ego , psychoanalysis , psychology , aggression , gestalt therapy , philosophy , sociology , epistemology , developmental psychology , perception
Fritz Perls ascribes a significant place in the development of Gestalt theory to his book Ego, Hunger, and Aggression. This note describes the unrecognized influence of F. Matthias Alexander on that work.