
Human Development and the Spiritual Life
How Consciousness Grows toward Transformation
Ronald R. Irwin(Author)
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Published on 31. December 2001
Book
Hardback
IX, 207 pages
978-0-306-46606-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
2002 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Springer Science+Business Media
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
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IX, 207 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-46606-9 (9780306466069)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4615-0657-7
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How Consciousness Grows toward Transformation
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Content
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.