Individuality and Identity-formation in Late Antique Monasticism 1

Torrance, Alexis

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“…In particular, this shift in sensitivities was dependent upon a theological conception unknown to the classical world: the biblical idea that man was created in God's image (imago dei), which implied, for Christian believers, that to turn upon oneself is an essential step in the search for God. 18 This inward turn was also related to the idea of a spiritually unique and self-aware individual in Christianity as well as to the doctrine of resurrection of the body, both of which required a more sustained reflection on the uniqueness of the self's individual identity than has been done before (see Swain, 1997, p. 2;Torrance, 2014). The awareness of Christian believers to the final judgment, and of the kind of response required of them, also helped to focus attention on the inner disposition of the individual.…”

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The late antique history of psychology: The test case of introspection.

Graiver

2019

History of Psychology

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This article argues for the need to broaden the scholarly focus on the history of the modern discipline of psychology to include the history of psychological knowledge. It seeks to demonstrate the benefits to be derived from this endeavor by focusing on late antique psychology and presenting the novel methods of psychological investigation that emerged within the Christian monastic movement, especially introspection. Far from being a historically recent invention, I argue that introspection was systematically and self-consciously employed by late antique monks as a method for producing knowledge about the human mind. Yet rather than arguing for a simple continuity between late antique and modern introspective procedures, a comparison between early monastic introspective accounts and those of the founders of the modern psychology reveals profound differences in the interpretation and evaluation of introspective data; thereby, it allows one to address fundamental questions related to the nature of psychological knowledge and its relationship with culturally constructed categories.

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Section: Recommended In His Meditationsmentioning

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The late antique history of psychology: The test case of introspection.

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History of Psychology

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Individuality and Identity-formation in Late Antique Monasticism 1

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The late antique history of psychology: The test case of introspection.

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