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PSYKOLOGINS GR?NSARBETE OCH SANNINGSANSPR?K En id?historisk diskursanalys av Psykologtidningen 2010? 2024
This thesis examines the boundary-work between the discipline of psychology on one side and religion and
spirituality on the other. In Sweden, a country viewed as one of the most secular in the world and which has a
rising interest in the neo-spiritual, this boundary-work is under-researched within the history of ideas. The
research question for this thesis concerns how the contemporary dominant discourses in Psykologtidningen
between 2010-2024 relate to the historical boundary-work that has taken place within the discipline. In this
study the boundary-work will be examined through a combination of digital text analysis and discourse
analysis.
The analysis shows that terms such as mindfulness and soul have gone through a decoupling process:
meaning that the terms are secularized and modernized to fit within the truth-narrative and the leading
discourse of psychology. This discourse falls under a larger regime of truth where secular thought is seen as
the main worldview which is compatible with the scientific ideal.