Maslow's 'Transhumanism': Was Transpersonal Psychology Conceived as 'A Psychology without People in it'?
| Autor: | Mark E. Koltko-Rivera |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology Transpersonal media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Transhuman Epistemology Transhumanism 050106 general psychology & cognitive sciences Philosophy Transpersonal psychology Self-actualization 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology Human psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 38:71-80 |
| ISSN: | 1552-650X 0022-1678 |
| Popis: | What we may call the transhuman/inhuman critique states that transpersonal psychology is centered on cosmic issues rather than on human ones and so is not a human psychology at all. Abraham Maslow's statements to the effect that the transpersonal is "transhuman, centered in the cosmos rather than in human needs" are considered evidence of this position. Analysis of Maslow's lesser known writings indicates that Maslow, somewhat like J. Huxley, used "transhuman" to indicate the essentially human capacity to desire universal values like justice and truth over the satisfaction of purely personal needs. Thus, the transhuman/inhuman critique is based on a misreading of Maslow. The transpersonal is not inherently unpsychological or divorced from human concerns; rather, it represents an extension of psychology's vision of the human. |
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