Decolonizing Consciousness: Reclaiming the Indian Psychology of Well-Being

ISBN-13: 9781032160900 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 176 str.

Shilpa Ashok Pandit

Opis

The book intertwines several strands of scholarship in Indian Philosophy, contemporary psychology and the lived Indian psychological practice inclusive of yoga, advaita, tantra and bhakti to engage in an exploration of consciousness, cognitive science and philosophy.

Spis treści

1.Consciousness and Three Perspectives 2. Consciousness and fallacies of Cognition'3. Comparing Philosophies of Science: Researching consciousness 4. Models of Mind and Models of Consciousness 5. The Reality: Body, Senses and Cognition 6. Yogis losing self-awareness? Consciousness, Self and Survival Threat 7. Models of Consciousness and Affects: Indian Models of Rasa, Vairagya, and Bhavana 8. Can There be a no-mind? Laya, Rajayoga, Aalaya Vijnana 9. Varieties of Well-being: Mind-Senses-Body-Environment

O autorze

Shilpa Ashok Pandit is an Associate Professor, School of Arts and Science, Ahmedabad University, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, India