Salvaging the self in a world without soul: William James's The Principles of psychology.

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  • Author(s): Coon DJ;Coon DJ
  • Source:
    History of psychology [Hist Psychol] 2000 May; Vol. 3 (2), pp. 83-103.
  • Publication Type:
    Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Educational Publishing Foundation Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9808650 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1093-4510 (Print) Linking ISSN: 10934510 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Hist Psychol
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Washington Dc : Educational Publishing Foundation
    • Subject Terms:
      Religion and Psychology* ; Self Concept*; Books/*history ; Psychology/*history; History, 19th Century ; United States
    • Subject Terms:
      James W
    • Abstract:
      This article explores William James's transformation of the religious soul into the secular self in The Principles of Psychology. Although James's views on the self are familiar to many historians of psychology, the article places his treatment of the self within the broader social and cultural context of a secularizing, industrializing society. There were palpable tensions and anxieties that accompanied the cultural shift, and these are particularly transparent in James's Principles. James attempted the project of secularizing the soul in order to promote a natural science of the mind but with marked ambivalence for the project, because it left out some of the moral and metaphysical questions of great interest to him.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20011020 Date Completed: 20000710 Latest Revision: 20191105
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.1037/1093-4510.3.2.83
    • Accession Number:
      11624473