Frankfurt was the first center of gestalt psychology

Evidence

The Frankfurt professors who were of the greatest significance to Horkheimer were Schumann, a psychologist, and Hans Cornelius, a philosopher. Together with Adhémar Gelb, Wolfgang Köhler (at Frankfurt University till 1921) and Max Wertheimer (at Frankfurt till 1918 and again after 1929), Schumann was one of the gestalt psychologists, who at that time were thought to be among the most progressive psychologists. Frankfurt was their first centre of influence. They undertook a diversified programme of experimental research into the perception of gestalts (forms) which was concerned with providing evidence for and explaining the independence of the gestalt as a complete whole, as opposed to individual perceptual elements and their combination. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 174

Categorization

• XREF: Gestalt psychology’s holism parallels the emerging Frankfurt School’s rejection of atomistic analysis; a productive link to Critical Theory’s method.