Research Catalog

Title

Here now next : Paul Goodman and the origins of Gestalt therapy / Taylor Stoehr.

Author

Stoehr, Taylor, 1931-2013.

Publication

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©1994.

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Details

Description

xviii, 334 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

Paul Goodman left his mark in a number of fields: he went from being known as social critic and philosopher of the New Left to poet and literary critic to author of influential works on education (Compulsory Mis-education) and community planning (Communitas). Perhaps his most significant achievement was in his contribution to the founding and theoretical portion of the classic text Gestalt Therapy (with F.S. Perls and R.E. Hefferline, 1951), still regarded as the cornerstone of Gestalt practice. Taylor Stoehr's Here Now Next is the first scholarly account of the origins of Gestalt therapy, told from the point of view of its chief theoretician by a man who knew him well. Stoehr describes both Goodman's role in establishing the principal ideas of the Gestalt movement and the ways in which his practice as a therapist changed him, ultimately leading to a new vocation as the "socio-therapist" of the body politic. He places Goodman in the midst of his world, showing how his personal and public life - including his political activities in the 1960s - were transformed by Gestalt ideas, and he presents revealing sketches of other major figures from those days - Fritz Perls, Wilhelm Reich, A.S. Neill, and others.

Series Statement

A Gestalt Institute of Cleveland publication

Uniform Title

Gestalt Institute of Cleveland publication.

Subject

• Goodman, Paul, 1911-1972
• Goodman, Paul Soziologe
• Gestalt therapy > History
• Gestalt Therapy > history
• Gestalt Theory > history
• Gestalt therapy
• Gestalttherapie

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-327) and index.

Contents

1. At the Crossroads -- 2. Fritz and Lore Perls -- 3. Bones to Pick with Wilhelm Reich and A.S. Neill -- 4. Writing Gestalt Therapy -- 5. The Intellectual Tradition -- 6. The New York Institute and Its Founders -- 7. Goodman the Therapist -- 8. "Can Anything Be Salvaged from All That Effort?" -- 9. Gestalt and Politics in the Sixties -- 10. "My Only Son Fell Down and Died" -- 11. A Memorial Service for Fritz -- 12. Neither Guru nor Sacred Text -- the Gestalt Way.

ISBN

• 0787900052
• 9780787900052

LCCN

94009711

OCLC

• ocm30029013
• 30029013
• SCSB-2025953

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library