Self and Identity in Modern Psychology and Indian Thought

Self and Identity in Modern Psychology and Indian Thought
ISBN-10
0306471515
ISBN-13
9780306471513
Category
Psychology
Pages
416
Language
English
Published
2006-04-18
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Author
Anand C. Paranjpe

Description

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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