Isbn: 9788124608845 - psychology in the indian tradition (2 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Contents: 1. Scope, substance and methods of study. 2. Cultural climate and conceptual roots of Indian psychology. 3. Centrality of consciousness. 4. Mindbody complex. 5. Self, person and personality. 6. Cognition, emotion and volition. 7. Applied Indian psychology. 8. Meditation and applied yoga. 9. Self-realization: illustrative case studies. 10. Personal and social transformation: Gandhi's psychology of nonviolence. Glossary of Sanskrit and Pali terms. References. Index. Professors Ramakrishna Rao and Anand Paranjpe are two distinguished psychologist-philosophers who pioneered what has come to be known as Indian psychology. In this authoritative volume, they draw the contours of Indian psychology, describe the methods of study, define the critical concepts, explain the central ideas, and discuss their implications to psychological study and application to life. The main theme is organized around the theme that psychology is the study of the person. They go on to present a model of the person as a unique composite of body, mind and consciousness. Consciousness is conceived to be qualitatively and ontologically different from all material forms. The goal of the person is self-realization, which consists in the realization of the true self as distinct and separate from the manifest ego. It is facilitated by cultivating consciousness, which leads to some kind of psycho-spiritual symbiosis, personal transformation, and flowering of one's hidden human potentials. …