Self and Identity in Modern Psychology and Indian ThoughtEast 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. |
Contents
| 1 | |
The Requirement of Absoluteness and the Decontextualization | 31 |
Psychology and Kuhnian Paradigms | 37 |
The Social Construction of Reality | 46 |
Person Self and Identity | 53 |
Notes | 125 |
3 | 129 |
Advaita Vedantic and Eriksonian Perspectives Intellectual Background of Eriksons Theory The Eight Stages of Psychosocial Development The Varie... | 150 |
Psychology and the Technologies of the Self | 229 |
Notes | 236 |
India | 264 |
Observations | 273 |
Individual Differences among Devotees and Their Choices | 288 |
Notes | 297 |
The Conception of Karma and Its Consequences in the Yoga | 330 |
Indian Concerns and Western Perspectives Understanding the Doctrine of Karma in View of Contemporary | 340 |
Person Self and Identity According to Advaita Vedanta | 158 |
The Advaita Vedantic View of Personhood The Concept of Jiva in Context Some Aspects of the Indian | 165 |
The Advaita Vedantic View of the Human Condition | 171 |
A CrossCultural Overview of Eriksonian and Advaita Vedantic | 177 |
Notes | 184 |
Removal | 223 |
Person Self Identity and Consciousness | 353 |
Glossaryof Sanskrit Terms | 373 |
Credits | 401 |
Subject Index | 411 |
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According action Advaita Vedanta Advaita Vedantists approach aspects Atman attain basic behavior Bhagavad-Gita bliss Brahman Buddhist century chapter cognitive common concept consciousness considered construction contemporary psychology context culture cycle Descartes devotion discussion distinction doctrine emotions emphasis epistemology Erik Erikson Erikson Eriksonian experience feeling goals Halbfass Harré hermeneutic human Hume idea implies India Indian thought Indian tradition individual instance involves issue James’s Kant Kant’s knower knowledge Krsna means meditation metaphor Mimamsa mind modem moral nature noted notion objects ofconsciousness ofthe one’s Paranjpe Patañjali personal identity personhood perspectives philosophy physical Piaget Piagetian Prakrti principle problem psychology reality recognized relevant role Rupa Gosvami samadhi Sankara Sankhya Sanskrit self-as-knower self-realization selfhood selfsameness sense Skinner social suggests theories of personality tion understanding Upanisads Vaisesika Vedantic views versus words worldview Yoga Yogic