Anonymous
Posted November 21, 2005
As a current doctoral learner, in my search for some Western Psychology concepts, I came across this book and found same page references of Radhakrisnan's two volumes, Indian Philosophy. The link I was trying to establish between highly developed concepts in eastern philosophy to western psychology were already established in this book! My quest to make the connection was based on my personal expereiences of crossing the cultures. I could not put the book down and there are notes and sticky on just about every page! The idea of self and the peeling of layers reaches to the inner core, pure consciousness or called 'purusha' in Samkhya system or 'citta' in Yoga system or 'knower' in Advaidant system. The layers of confinements on this core and the conciousness's opeation from that specific layer determines one's spiritual stage within that life time.The change in consciousness is the begining of the reconstruction process of this fuild entity called 'identity'. Indian thought adds richness and depth to modern psychology of the west. This book will be a must for my doctoral study in cultures and identity. Thank you Anand Paranjpe for making this outstanding contribution to the scholarship of linking the two democratic countries at the fundamental level of our existence.
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East meets West in this fascinating exploration of conceptions of personal identity in Indian philosophy and modern Euro-American psychology. Author Anand Paranjpe considers these two distinct traditions with regard to historical, disciplinary, and cultural 'gaps' in the study of the self, and in the context of such theoretical perspectives as univocalism, relativism, and pluralism. The text includes a comparison of ideas on self as represented by two eminent thinkers-Erik H. Erikson for the Western view, and Advaita Vedanta for the Indian.
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Paranjpe, a psychologist/philosopher born and raised in colonial India, explores the dual cultural legacy of Europe and India. He looks at a wide range of topics: the concept of person in the intellectual social history of the West; self and ego; the denial and affirmation of the self in India and the West; Erik Erikson's views of person, self, and identity; the Advaita Vedantic view of the self and personhood; the psychology of action; the psychology of affect; and the psychology of cognition. Includes a glossary of Sanskrit terms. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Product Details
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