Transcendence and Mature Thought in Adulthood

The Further Reaches of Adult Development

AvMelvin E. Miller,Susanne R. Cook-Greuter

Inbunden, Engelska, 1994

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Beskrivning

This book is one of the very first to concentrate upon positive growth and development in the more advanced years of life. Incorporating both traditional Western paths of development and Eastern, meditative approaches, and both theoretical and empirical material, the contributors explore the many paths to postformal and postconventional development. They challenge the field of psychology to reconsider some of its most fundamental premises concerning how people change and develop over the course of their lives, including many of its conventional metaphysical and ontological assumptions; and they challenge the reader to actively continue his or her own growth process.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1994-04-26
Mått:161 x 237 x 29 mm
Vikt:578 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:306
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780847679188

Utforska kategorier

Barnpsykologi och utvecklingspsykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Melvin E. Miller is Associate Professor of Psychology at Norwich University, a past President of the New England Psychological Association, and editor of Higher Stages of Human Development Suzanne R. Cook-Greuter is a doctoral student in the Department of Human Development at Harvard University.

Recensioner i media

Transcendence and Mature Thought in Adulthood takes developmental stage theory beyond the highest levels conceived by theorists such as Piaget, Kohlberg, and Loevinger . . . The book . . . is on the cutting edge of developmental inquiry into the highest of human possibilities.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Introduction: From Postconventional Development to Transcendence: Visions and Theories, Melvin E. Miller and Susanne R. Cook-GreuterChapter 3 PART I: A Theoretical Overview of the FieldPart 4 Unanimity and Disagreement among Transpersonal Psychologists, Joel FunkChapter 5 PART II: Theory-Based Frameworks of Mature Development and TranscendencePart 6 Advanced Human Development in the Vedic Psychology of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: Theory and Research, Charles N. Alexander, Dennis P. Heaton, and Howard M. ChandlerPart 7 Cognitive Development and Transcendence: An Emerging Paradigm of Consciousness, L. Eugene ThomasPart 8 The Structure of Mind and Its Resources, Phil NuernbergerChapter 9 PART III: Theories of Mature Development Based on Empirical ResearchPart 10 Rare Forms of Self-Understanding in Mature Adults, Susanne R. Cook-GreuterPart 11 World Views, Ego Development, and Epistemological Changes from the Conventional to the Postformal: A Longitudinal Perspective, Melvin E. MillerPart 12 Cultivating Post-Formal Adult Development: Higher Stages and Contrasting Interventions, William R. TorbertChapter 13 PART IV: Postconventional Ethical and Moral DevelopmentPart 14 The Ethics of Enlightenment: An Expanded Perspective on the Highest Stage of Moral Development, Steven M. DrukerPart 15 Ahimsa, Justice, and the Unity of Life: Postconventional Morality from an Indian Perspective, Jyotsna VasudevChapter 16 About the EditorsChapter 17 ContributorsChapter 18 Index