Chapter Summary<\/summary>\nThis chapter explores the haunted margins of psychology by tracing its complex and often contradictory relationship with parapsychology. Using the concept of \u2018boundary-work\u2019 as its tool for critical thinking, the chapter investigates how psychology has historically defined itself by what it excludes, particularly the paranormal. Through compelling case studies, including Borley Rectory and the medium Leonora Piper, the chapter examines how psychology\u2019s scientific identity has been shaped by the very phenomena it seeks to dismiss. It offers a historical analysis from the late nineteenth century until after the Second World War, revealing shifting attitudes toward apparitions, telepathy, and extrasensory perception. Alongside biographical sketches of key figures such as Frederic Myers, William James, J. B. Rhine, and Carl Jung, the chapter interrogates the epistemological, ontological, and power dynamics that underpin psychology\u2019s disciplinary boundaries. Ultimately, it argues that parapsychology has functioned as a kind of \u2018constitutive other\u2019 for psychology: never fully accepted, yet never entirely absent, and often responsible for shaping the very tools and methods of psychological science.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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