The Authority of Experience: Readings on Buddhism and Psychology

ISBN-13: 9780700704507 / Twarda / 1997 / 272 str.

John Pickering

Opis

The decline of mechanism and positivism offers new opportunities to bring together Western and Buddhist views of the mind and its relationship to its surroundings. The purpose of this collection of readings is to present some contemporary views on this progressive integration.

Recenzje

'A very good book which includes many excellent chapters. Those in psychology who are interested, or are potentially interested, in what Buddhist theory and practice can offer to present day psychology, will find this a very rewarding book to read.' - Olwen McGregor

Spis treści

Making Comparisons; Chapter 1a Editor’s preface; Chapter 1 Transformation of the Wolf Man, Eleanor Rosch; Chapter 2a Editor’s Preface; Chapter 2 Authority in Buddhism and in Western Scientific Psychology, David Fontana; Textual Fundamentals; Chapter 3a Editor’s Preface; Chapter 3 Buddhist Psychology, Padmal de Silva; Chapter 4a Editor’s Preface; Chapter 4 Basic Features of Buddhist Psychology, Herbert Guenther; Towards Therapy; Chapter 5a Editor’s Preface; Chapter 5 Creating a Contemporary Buddhist Psychotherapy, Joy Manné; Chapter 6a Editor’s Preface; Chapter 6 Exploring the Vicissitudes of Affect and Working with Emotions, Padmasiri de Silva; Psychological Theory; Chapter 7a Editor’s Preface; Chapter 7 Selfhood is a Process, John Pickering; Chapter 8a Editor’s Preface; Chapter 8 The mythology of anatta, Brian L. Lancaster; Knowing and doing; Chapter 9a Editor’s Preface; Chapter 9 The Validation of Knowledge, Elizabeth Valentine; Chapter 10a Editor’s Preface; Chapter 10 Authenticity and the Practice of Zen, John Crook;

O autorze

John Pickering