Soul in Soulless Psychology

List of contents

1. Re-Introducing the soul; 2. Psychology without a soul; 3. Dissenters I: the neoscholastics; 4. Dissenters II: other affirmations of the soul in early modern psychology; 5. Substitution: in the wake of 'psychology without a soul'; 6. Innovation; 7. Restoration; 8. Historical psychologies of the soul; 9. Soul as a psychological category.

About the author

Robert Kugelmann is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Dallas, USA. He has written four books, including Psychology and Catholicism: Contested Boundaries (Cambridge University Press, 2011). He has recently been appointed as a co-editor for a new journal: Integratus: The Journal of the Catholic Psychotherapy Association.

Summary

Modern psychology began with a rejection of the 'soul' as relevant for the science. How did that come about? This alternative history of psychology explores that question and then considers the reappearance of the soul in psychology in various manifestations over the years.

Foreword

Although modern psychology rejected the concept of the 'soul', it has thrived over the past 150 years, in surprising areas.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Kugelmann, Robert (University of Dallas) Kugelmann, Kugelmann Robert
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.06.2025
• EAN: 9781009301206
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0930120-6
• No. of pages: 322
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, Psychology: emotions, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought