Self and identity in modern psychology and Indian thought

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Table of Contents

Preface

Pronunciation and Transliteration of Sanskrit Terms

1 . The Context of Inquiry

The Theme of Inquiry

On Closing the Historical, Disciplinary, and Cultural Gaps in the Study of the Self

Univocalism, Relativism, and Pluralism in Psychological Theory

Notes

2 . Person, Self, and Identity

Person and Personality

Self and Ego

Identity

The Denial and Affirmation of the Self in India and the West

Notes

3. Two Perspectives Two Perspectives on Person, Self, and Identity

Two Perspectives

Erik H. Erikson's Views of Person, Self, a nd Identity

Person, Self, and Identity According to Advaita Vedanta

A Cross-Cultural Overview of Eriksonian and Advaita Vedantic Views

Notes

4 . Self-as-Knower: The Psychology o f Cognition

Some Contemporary Perspectives: The Self as Cognitive Structures and Processes

The Self beyond Cognition: Cognitive Deconstruction of the Ego in Advaita Vedantic Meditation

Notes

5 . Self-as-Enjoyer-Sufferer: The Psychology of Affect

Western Psychological Views of Emotion

The Self as Enjoyer-Sufferer: The Views of Sankhya Yoga., and Vedanta

Emotion According to the Dramaturgical and Aesthetic Theories of India

Emotion and Self-transformation in Religious Devotion

Notes

6 . Self-as-Agent: The Psychology of Action

Views of Self-as-Agent in Western Thought and Some Parallels from India

Karma and Determinism in the Traditional Indian Worldview

Understanding the Doctrine of Karma in View of Contemporary Indian Concerns and Western Perspectives

Personhood, Agency, and Permanence

Notes

7. Person, Self, Identity, and Consciousness

Two Views

Notes

Glossary of Sanskrit Terms

References

Credits

Name Index