The Journals of Abraham Maslow - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0866160167 ISBN 13: 9780866160162

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1982

Synopsis

Abraham Maslow's "Toward a Psychology of Being" (1962) sold more than 100,000 copies in its first edition. Like R. D. Laing, Maslow questioned the old psychoanalytic notions of being well or ill "adjusted" to the world and spoke from a broadly human base. Human nature---the inner nature of every individual which is uniquely his or her own---"seems not to be . . . necessarily evil; . . . the basic human capacities are on their face either neutral, pre-moral or positively good." What we call evil behavior appears most often to be a secondary reaction to frustration of this intrinsic nature." On this foundation, Maslow built an affirmation of people and people's potentialities for self-fulfillment and psychological health. He considered his "humanistic" or "Eupsychian" approach to be part of the revolution then taking place in psychology, as in other fields, toward a new view of people. He saw people as sociable, creative, and loving beings whose welfare is not in the cure of "neurosis" or other ills, but on the development of their most socially and personally constructive potentials.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0866160167
• ISBN 13: 9780866160162
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Editor: Lowry Richard