History of Japanese Psychology

Global Perspectives, 1875-1950

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

AvBrian J. McVeigh,Brian J. Mcveigh,Christopher Gerteis

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Through a focus on the contributions of pioneers such as Motora Yujiro (1858–1912) and Matsumoto Matataro (1865–1943), this book explores the origins of Japanese psychology, charting cross-cultural connections, commonalities, and the transition from religious–moralistic to secular–scientific definitions of human nature. Emerging at the intersection of philosophy, pedagogy, physiology, and physics, psychology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries confronted the pressures of industrialization and became allied with attempts to integrate individual subjectivities into larger institutions and organizations. Such social management was accomplished through Japan’s establishment of a schooling system that incorporated psychological research, making educational practices both products of and the driving force behind changing notions of selfhood. In response to new forms of labor and loyalty, applied psychology led to or became implicated in personality tests, personnel selection, therapy, counseling, military science, colonial policies, and “national spirit.” The birth of Japanese psychology, however, was more than a mere adaptation to the challenges of modernity: it heralded a transformation of the very mental processes it claimed to be exploring. With detailed appendices, tables and charts to provide readers with a meticulous and thorough exploration of the subject and adopting a truly comparative perspective, The History of Japanese Psychology is a unique study that will be valuable to students and scholars of Japanese intellectual history and the history of psychology.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-12-15
Mått156 x 234 x 22 mm
Vikt640 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan
Antal sidor336
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781474283083

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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