Ronald R. Irwin

Human Development and the Spiritual Life

How Consciousness Grows toward Transformation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• The Springer Series in Adult Development and Aging
• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4613-5180-1
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 341g
• ISBN-13: 9781461351801
• ISBN-10: 1461351804
• Artikelnr.: 41323026

Inhaltsangabe

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.