About the author
Knight Dunlap (1875-1949) was an American psychologist associated with the functionalist school and known for his critical, often combative engagement with psychoanalysis and other contemporary movements in psychology. He taught at Johns Hopkins University and later at UCLA, where he chaired the psychology department, and wrote extensively against what he saw as unscientific tendencies in the study of the mind. Mysticism, Freudianism, and Scientific Psychology, first published in 1920 and reissued in modern facsimile editions by Legare Street Press and Literary Licensing, sets Freudian theory and mystical thought side by side and argues for a stricter, more empirical standard of psychological science than either offered. The book reflects the polemical, methodologically minded style for which Dunlap was known within early twentieth-century American psychology, and it remains available today mainly as a historical document of that debate rather than a current textbook.
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“Dunlap provides a meticulous dissection of the relationships between mystical traditions, Freudian psychoanalysis, and scientific psychology. While intellectually robust, this work is not suited for casual readers seeking simple…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Mysticism Freudianism And Scientific Psychology
“Dunlap’s work is a dense, scholarly exploration that demands patience from its audience. While it offers a fascinating intellectual journey through the clash of science and spirit, it is strictly academic in tone and structure.…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Mysticism, Freudianism and Scientific Psychology
