Kurt Goldstein 2527053 204458893 2008-04-09T14:39:45Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[nl:Kurt Goldstein]] {{Infobox Scientist | name = Kurt Goldstein | birth_date = [[November 6]], [[1878]] | birth_place = [[Kattowice|Kattowitz]], [[Province of Silesia]] | death_date = [[September 19]], [[1965]] | nationality = [[Germany|German]] | field = [[Neurology]] | work_institution = Institute for Research on the After-Effects of Brain Injury</br>[[Columbia University]]</br>[[Tufts University]], [[Brandeis University]] | doctoral_advisor = [[Carl Wernicke]] | known_for = [[Holistic]] Method, [[Organismic theory]] | influenced = [[Frederick Perls]], [[Abraham Maslow]], [[Carl Rogers]], [[Paul Tillich]], [[Georges Canguilhem]] }} '''Kurt Goldstein''' ([[November 6]], [[1878]] - [[September 19]], [[1965]]) was a [[Germany|German]] neurologist and psychiatrist who was a pioneer in modern neuropsychology. He created a holistic theory of the organism based on [[Gestalt psychology|Gestalt theory]] which deeply influenced the development of [[Gestalt therapy]]. His most important book in German ''Der Aufbau des Organismus'' (1934) has been published again in English: ''The Organism'' (1995) with an introduction by [[Oliver Sacks]]. Goldstein was co-editor of the ''Journal of Humanistic Psychology''. Goldstein emigrated to the USA in 1935 and became a citizen of the US in 1940. ==See also== *[[Neuropsychology]] *[[Organismic theory]] *[[Gestalt Psychology]] *[[Humanistic psychology]] ==Selected Works== ===Books/Monographs=== * {{cite book | last = Goldstein| first = Kurt. |year = 1934/1995| title = ''The organism: A holistic approach to biology derived from pathological data in man''| publisher = Zone Books | location = New York| isbn = 0-94-229997-3}} [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0942299973] * Goldstein, Kurt. (1940). ''Human Nature in the Light of Psychopathology''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. * Goldstein, Kurt; Scheerer, Martin.(1941): Abstract and Concrete Behavior: An Experimental Study With Special Tests. In: ''Psychological Monographs'', ed. by John F. Dashell, Vol. 53/1941, No. 2 (whole No. 239), S. 1-151. * Goldstein, Kurt. (1942) ''After effects of brain injuries in war''. New York: Grune & Stratton. * Goldstein, Kurt., Hanfmann, E., Rickers-Ovsiankina (1944). Case Lanuti: Extreme Concretization of Behavior Due to Damage of the Brain Cortex. In: ''Psychological Monographs'', ed. by John F. Dashell, Vol. 57/1944, No. 4 (whole No. 264), S. 1-72. * Goldstein, Kurt., Scheerer, M., Rothmann, E. (1945). A Case of “Idiot Savant”: An Experimental Study of Personality Organization. In: ''Psychological Monographs'', ed. by John F. Dashell, Vol. 58/1945, No. 4 (whole No. 269), S. 1-63. * Goldstein, Kurt. (1948). ''Language and Language Disturbances: Aphasic symptom complexes and their significance for medicine and theory of language.'' New York: Grune & Stratton. * Goldstein, Kurt. (1967). ''Selected writings''. ed., Aron Gurwitsch, Else M. Goldstein. ==External links== * http://www.ling.fju.edu.tw/neurolng/goldstein.htm * http://www.geocities.com/magikrain/neuroanatomyclass.html * http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~duchan/history_subpages/kurtgoldstein.html Two articles that discuss Goldstein's influence on and contribution to [[Gestalt therapy]]: *Achim Votsmeier: [http://www.gestaltpsychotherapie.de/LAgo1_ho.pdf Kurt Goldstein and Holism] *Allen R. Barlow: [http://www.gestalt.org/barlow.htm Gestalt Therapy and Gestalt Psychology. Gestalt-antecedent influence or historical accident] {{BD|1878|1965|Goldstein, Kurt}} [[Category:German psychologists]] [[Category:People from Katowice]] [[Category:People from the Province of Silesia]] [[Category:Psychologists]] [[Category:University of Frankfurt faculty]] {{Psychologist-stub}} [[de:Kurt Goldstein (Neurologe)]] [[es:Kurt Goldstein]] [[nl:Kurt Goldstein]] [[pl:Kurt Goldstein]]