The Soul in Soulless Psychology

Modern psychology began with a rejection of the 'soul' as relevant for the science.How did that come about? The Soul in Soulless Psychology explores that question and details arguments for a soulless psychology.However, there was also opposition to this notion. This alternative history of psychology examines those who dissented from a 'psychology without a soul,' including Neoscholastic psychologists and others, such as Ladd, Münsterberg, and McDougall.Substitutions for the soul – such as self, personality, and the brain – show that even with the soul absent, its concerns were present.Innovative re-thinkings of the soul are addressed, as well as attempts at restoration of the soul into psychology.Moreover, historical psychologies of the soul kept the soul in view.In the twenty-first century, we find soul as a noun, an adjective, and a verb, all pointing to the necessity of the soul for psychology.