History of Japanese Psychology

Brian J. McVeigh received his PhD in anthropology from Princeton University, USA and is now training in mental health counseling at the University at Albany, SUNY, USA. The author of twelve books, his latest publications include Nationalisms of Japan: Managing and Mystifying Identity (2003), Interpreting Japan: Approaches and Applications for the Classroom (2014), and How Religion Evolved: Explaining the Living Dead, Talking Idols, and Mesmerizing Monuments (2016).

• PrefaceNotes to the ReaderPrologue: A Physics for the Soul1. Places, Periods, and Peoples: Problematizing Psyche2. Historical Context: Japanese Cosmology and Psychology as Secularized Theology3. From Soul to Psyche: A Change of Mind in Late Nineteenth-Century Japan4. Early Institutionalization: How Higher Education and Disciplined the Psyche5. Motora Yujiro and Matsumoto Matataro: The Founders of Japanese Psychology6. Intellectual Reactions: Spiritualizing the Psyche and Psychologizing Society7. Organizational Institutionalization: Professionalization, Applications, and Measuring the Mind8. Disciplinary Maturation: Specializations, Theories, and Psychotherapy9. Nationalist-Imperialist Psychology: State, Schooling, and Military Applications10. Reconstruction and Expansion: Postimperial Japan as a Psychologized SocietyEpilogue: In Retrospect: Trajectories, Alternative Routes, and the Contributions of Japanese Women PsychologistsAppendicesTables and ChartsBibliographyIndex

The History of Japanese Psychology is a landmark piece that will come in handy for a reader interested in the history of psychology, Japanese psychology, or Buddhist philosophy, or anyone interested in this specific slice of evolution of social science in comparison with Western psychology.