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Theoretical Psychology [electronic resource] : The Meeting of East and West / by A.C. Paranjpe.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Path in Psychology, Published in Cooperation with Publications for the Advancement of Theory and History in Psychology (Path)Publisher: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1984Edition: 1st ed. 1984Description: 368 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781461337669
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 155.8 23
LOC classification:
  • GN502-519
Online resources:
Contents:
1 Introduction -- Some Converging Trends -- Implications of the Development of Western Psychology as a “ Science” -- The Nature of Science and the Sociology of Knowledge -- The Cultural Relativity of Psychological Theories: A Perspective from Anthropology and Culture-and-Personality Studies -- Certain Criticisms and Limitations of the Sociology of Knowledge -- Notes -- 2 Search for Common Ground -- Assumptions regarding the Lawfulness of the Universe -- Assumptions about the Nature of Reality: Ontological Presuppositions -- Man’s Relation to Nature -- Assumptions about Human Nature -- The Assumption of Egoism and the Value of Individualism -- Assumptions about the Human Condition -- The Ideal Human Condition -- Notes -- 3 Consciousness: Some Western Views -- William James and his Concept of the “Stream of Consciousness” -- Structuralism: The Introspectionist Approach -- The Psychology without Consciousness: The Behaviorist Approach -- Psychology of the Unconscious: The Freudian Approach -- The Psychophysiological Approach: The Relationship between Mind and Brain -- The Phenomenological and Existential Approaches -- Notes -- 4 Consciousness: Two Indian Views -- The Yoga of Patañjali -- The Non-Dualist Ved?nta of ?ankara -- 5 Self and Identity -- Personality, Self, Identity -- Erik Erikson’s Theory of Identity Formation -- What Accounts for the Unity, Continuity and Sameness in Man? -- The Unity and Continuity of the Stream of Consciousness: Self as Knower -- 6 Overview and Prospect -- On Consciousness -- On the Nature of the Self -- On Cross-Cultural Exchange in Psychology: Problems and Prospects -- Notes -- References -- Author Index.
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1 Introduction -- Some Converging Trends -- Implications of the Development of Western Psychology as a “ Science” -- The Nature of Science and the Sociology of Knowledge -- The Cultural Relativity of Psychological Theories: A Perspective from Anthropology and Culture-and-Personality Studies -- Certain Criticisms and Limitations of the Sociology of Knowledge -- Notes -- 2 Search for Common Ground -- Assumptions regarding the Lawfulness of the Universe -- Assumptions about the Nature of Reality: Ontological Presuppositions -- Man’s Relation to Nature -- Assumptions about Human Nature -- The Assumption of Egoism and the Value of Individualism -- Assumptions about the Human Condition -- The Ideal Human Condition -- Notes -- 3 Consciousness: Some Western Views -- William James and his Concept of the “Stream of Consciousness” -- Structuralism: The Introspectionist Approach -- The Psychology without Consciousness: The Behaviorist Approach -- Psychology of the Unconscious: The Freudian Approach -- The Psychophysiological Approach: The Relationship between Mind and Brain -- The Phenomenological and Existential Approaches -- Notes -- 4 Consciousness: Two Indian Views -- The Yoga of Patañjali -- The Non-Dualist Ved?nta of ?ankara -- 5 Self and Identity -- Personality, Self, Identity -- Erik Erikson’s Theory of Identity Formation -- What Accounts for the Unity, Continuity and Sameness in Man? -- The Unity and Continuity of the Stream of Consciousness: Self as Knower -- 6 Overview and Prospect -- On Consciousness -- On the Nature of the Self -- On Cross-Cultural Exchange in Psychology: Problems and Prospects -- Notes -- References -- Author Index.

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