Americans and the unconscious / Robert C. Fuller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuller, Robert C., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Subconsciousness--Philosophy.

Subconsciousness.

Psychology and religion--United States--History.

Psychology and religion.

Psychology--United States--History.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The author examines the symbolic role of the unconscious in American psychology, and shows that in America, theories of the unconscious have embodied specifically religious assumptions and aspirations.

Contents:

""Contents ""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One. The Psyche as Symbol: Theological Anticipations""; ""Chapter Two. The Unconscious Discovered: The Mesmerists' Legacy""; ""Chapter Three. Science Appropriates the Unconscious: The Birth of Academic Psychology""; ""Chapter Four. Psychology, Religion, and the Unconscious: The Jamesian Synthesis""; ""Chapter Five. Assimilation and Accommodation: American Interpretations of Psychoanalysis""; ""Chapter Six. Excising the Psyche: American Behaviorism""; ""Chapter Seven. Rediscovering the Unconscious: Humanistic Psychology"" ""Chapter Eight. The Apotheosis: The Unconscious in Popular Psychology"" ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-53322-6

0-19-976328-3

1-4416-3678-1

OCLC:

922969939