Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology: A Historical and Biographical Sourcebook / Edition 1

by Donald Moss Ph.D.

Overview

An examination of four decades of research and practice in humanistic psychology, this work highlights the lasting contributions of humanistic psychology to the science of psychology and to the pursuit of personal and spiritual development. It explores the passions and goals of the founders and their vital legacy for the 21st century.

Humanistic Psychology began as a movement of creative individuals who sought to remake psychology in the image of a fully alive and aware human being. Humanistic psychology emphasizes liberation from personal and social oppression and the pursuit of higher levels of human potential. Humanistic psychologists criticize scientific psychology for their emphasis on the measurement, prediction, and control of behavior, and protest the exclusion of such basic aspects of humanness as consciousness, values, freedom, love, and spirit from psychological investigation. This book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students and faculty in psychology as well as professionals in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313291586
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/30/1999
Series:	Schools of Psychological Thought
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.06(d)
Lexile:	1430L (what's this?)

About the Author

Donald Moss, PhD, is director of Behavioral Health and Primary Care for PSYSERV, in Grand Haven and Muskegon, Michigan. He is a humanistic clinical psychologist with a strong interest in mind-body medicine. He is Editor of the Biofeedback Newsmagazine and Consulting Editor to the Jourbanal of Neurotherapy. He has translated and edited two previous books on existential psychiatry and education, Man, Time and World (1982) and Crisis and New Beginning (1987).

Table of Contents

Foreword by Stanley Krippner
Editor's Introduction
Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology: An Overview
The Historical and Scientific Background of Humanistic Psychology
The Historical and Cultural Context of Humanistic Psychology: Ike, Annette, and Elvis by Donald Moss
The Scientific and Philosophical Context of Humanistic Psychology by Donald Moss
Abraham Maslow and the Emergence of Humanistic Psychology by Donold Moss
Major Schools and Theorists in Humanistic Psychology
Carl Rogers, the Person-Centered Approach, and Experiential Therapy by Donald Moss
Gestalt Therapy: The Once and Future King by Paul Shane
The Humanistic Psychology of Self-Disclosure, Relationship, and Community by Donald Moss
Body-Therapies in Humanistic Psychology by Donald Moss and Paul Shane
Existential-Phenomenological Psychology by Steen Halling and Alex Carroll
Feminist Psychology and Humanistic Psychology by Hendrika VandeKemp and Tamara L. Anderson
Biofeedback, Mind-Body Medicine, and the Higher Limits of Human Nature by Donald Moss
Beyond the Person: Spiritual and Transpersonal Psychologies
Christian Humanistic Psychology by Harold Ellens and Donald E. Sloat
Transpersonal Psychology: The Fourth Force by Arthur Hastings
The Heritage and the Promise of Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology
The Continuing Need for a Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology by Donald Moss
Biographical and Critical Essays on Central Figures in Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology
Diana Baumrind: Researcher and Critical Humanist by Hendrika VandeKemp
James F.T. Bugental: Continuity and Change by Steen Halling
Moshe Feldenkrais and Functional Integration by Paul Shane
Erich Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis by Daniel Burston
Amedeo Giorgi and the Project of a Human Science by Frederick J. Wertz and Christopher Aanstoos
On Psychology as a Person-Centered Science: William James' Relation to the Humanistic Tradition by Eugene Irvine Taylor, Jr.
Sidney Jourard: Disclosing to Ourselves and Others by Donadrian Rice
Ronald Laing: Existentialism and Psychoanalysis by Daniel Burston
Abraham Maslow: Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Yesteryear by Mike Arons
Rollo May: Liberator and Realist by Kirk Schneider
Fritz Perls and Paul Goodman: When Ahasueras Met Erasmus by Paul Shane
Laura Perls and Gestalt Therapy: Her Life and Values by Ilene Ava Serlin and Paul Shane
Carl Rogers: Client Heal Thyself by Donadrian Rice
Ida P. Rolf and Structural Integration (Rolfing) by Paul Shane
Erwin Straus: The Individual, the Senses, and the Beloved Earth by Donald Moss
Ken Wilber: Mapping the Evolution of Consciousness by Kaisa Puhakka
Index

What People are Saying About This

Frederick J. Wertz

"This volume is an essential reference for anyone interested in humanistic psychology. Its comprehensive scope, inclusive of the history and philosophy of the humanistic approach, makes the volume invaluable for students as well as for expert scholars. Moss is to be commended for offering a volume that demonstrates the rich vital history as well as the contemporary relevance of humanistic psychology for researchers, theorists and practitioners."

Frederick J. Wertz: Professor of Psychology: Fordham University

"This volume is an essential reference for anyone interested in humanistic psychology. Its comprehensive scope, inclusive of the history and philosophy of the humanistic approach, makes the volume invaluable for students as well as for expert scholars. Moss is to be commended for offering a volume that demonstrates the rich vital history as well as the contemporary relevance of humanistic psychology for researchers, theorists and practitioners."

Stanley Krippner

"There is another issue that elevates Donald Moss' book to a level of burning relevance. In the past, most of the dominant psychological schools of thought have tended to trivialize myths, ethics, and issues of personal responsibility, discussing them in terms of social conditioning. But James Bugental has observed that when person and society clash, social change often results, bringing a renewed meaning to suffering, conflict, and grief, as well as to love, joy, and mutuality of relationships. Mainstream psychology was especially adamant in dismissing these concerns from the pristine atmosphere of the scientific laboratory and the controlled experiment. . . . However, such books as this may redress this imbalance, and the demands of the times will quicken the rate at which the humanistic and transpersonal psychologies begin to play a greater role in academic as well as social discourse."

Ilene A. Serlin

"This sourcebook is much needed in our field today, and I am delighted to have such a comprehensive and well-integrated resource available. . . . Moss' book offers an updated, relevant look at these issues today, and provides a clear alternative for students and healthcare professionals."

Kirk J. Schneider

"More than ever before, conventional psychology courts the periphery of human experience. In its drive to appease technocratic interests, it seeks linear answers to multifaceted questions. It seeks purity where there is mystery; and it seeks expedience where there is struggle. This book shows that Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychologies, not only in the past, but presently, represent the strongest bulwark against the conventional tide, and the greatest hope of restoring depth, vitality, and relevance to a disabled profession."

Editorial Reviews

[A]n excellent work for pedagogic or introductory purposes, not only for professional and academic psychologists who seek to expand their intellectual horizons, but also as a complementary text for the classic introductory course in the history and systems of psychology.” —Jourbanal of the History of Behavioral Sciences

“There is much information here for those studying humanistic and transpersonal psychology.” —Network

From the Publisher

This book consists of two parts, the first presenting a historical and conceptual overview of humanistic psychology, and the second presenting biocritical essays on 17 key figures in the field. Some of the topics covered include the emergence and early development of humanistic psychology; the major theorists and schools within the theory; the existential and phenomenological approach; feminist psychology and its place in the human-potential movement; and the biofeedback movement. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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