Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Self and Identity in Modern Psychology and Indian Thought (repost)




Self and Identity in Modern Psychology and Indian Thought (Path in Psychology) by Anand C. Paranjpe


English | 1998 | ISBN: 0306458446, 144193295X | 434 pages | PDF | 1,8 MB




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.