Human Development and the Spiritual Life

How Consciousness Grows toward Transformation

Ronald R. Irwin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

207 Seiten

2001 | 2002 ed.
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-306-46606-9 (ISBN)

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The author proposes a theory of the development of consciousness in which ego is the central agent of socialization and culture and the driving force behind individual self-control and self-regulation. and discusses the evidence indicating that the development of consciousness trancends the limitations of conventional ego development.

The author proposes a theory of the development of consciousness in which ego is the central agent of socialization and culture and the driving force behind individual self-control and self-regulation. He reviews the literature on identity and narrative; outlines the fields of intellectual, self, moral, and consciousness development; and discusses the evidence indicating that the development of consciousness trancends the limitations of conventional ego development.

I: A Sketch for a Theory of Psychology.- 1. The Relevance of Psychology to Spiritual Development.- 2. The Nature of Development.- 3. Evolution.- 4. Impulse Control and Repression.- 5. Cognition.- 6. Language.- II: On the Threshold of the Spirit.- 7. Identity.- 8. Narrative.- 9. Epistemic Knowing.- 10. Knowing the Self.- 11. Social and Moral Knowing.- 12. Cosmic Knowing.- Conclusion.- References.

Reihe/Serie	The Springer Series in Adult Development and Aging
Zusatzinfo	IX, 207 p.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
ISBN-10	0-306-46606-6 / 0306466066
ISBN-13	978-0-306-46606-9 / 9780306466069
Zustand	Neuware