The sciences of the soul : the early modern origins of psychology

The "Century of psychology" -- Psychology as a discipline -- A long past but a short history? -- Psychology in the sixteenth century: a project in the making? -- The function of the neologism "psychology" -- Aristotelianism and galenism -- Psychologia and the scientia de anima --...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Vidal, Fernando 1957- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Brown, Saskia (MitwirkendeR)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2011
Schlagworte:Psychology Soul Psychology -- History Psychology -- History -- 18th century History, 18th Century Religion and Psychology Psychology ; History Psychology ; History ; 18th century Electronic books
Umfang:xiv, 413 p.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Ad Limen; 1. The "Century of Psychology"; 2. "Psychology" in the Sixteenth Century:A Project in the Making?; 3. From the Science of the Living Beingto the Science of the Human Mind; 4. Psychology in the Age of Enlightenment; 5. Historicizing Psychology; 6. Psychology and the History of Humankind; 7. Anthropology's Place in the Encyclopedias; 8. Human Perfectibility and the Primacy of Psychology; 9. Psychology, the Body, and Personal Identity; Appendix 1: The Two Editions of Goclenius's Psychologia
  • Appendix 2: Anthropologie and Psychologie in theParis and Yverdon EncyclopédiesAppendix 3: Articles in the Yverdon EncyclopédieBelonging to Psychology and Their Placein the Paris Encyclopédie; Bibliography; Index