Revisioning Transpersonal Theory: A Participatory Vision of Human Spirituality

Ferrer, Jorge N.

ISBN 10: 0791451682 / ISBN 13: 9780791451687

Published by State University of New York Press, 2001

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Synopsis:

A participatory alternative to the perennialism and experientialism dominant in transpersonal psychology.

In his striking debut, Jorge N. Ferrer deconstructs and reconstructs the entire transpersonal project, articulating a more sophisticated, pluralistic, and spiritually grounded transpersonal theory. He brings recent ideas in epistemology and the philosophy of science to bear upon core issues in the psychology and philosophy of religion. The book's first half (Deconstruction) describes the nature and origins of the prevailing vision that has guided transpersonal scholarship so far, and identifies some of its main conceptual and practical limitations: subtle Cartesianism, spiritual narcissism, intrasubjective empiricism, and reductionistic universalism. In the second half of the book (Reconstruction), Ferrer suggests a way of reconceiving transpersonal ideas without these limitations-a participatory vision of human spirituality, one which not only places transpersonal studies in greater alignment with the values of the spiritual quest, but also discloses a rich variety of spiritual liberations, spiritual worlds, and even ultimate realities.

About the Author: Jorge N. Ferrer is Assistant Professor of East-West Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Revisioning Transpersonal Theory: A ...
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Paperback
Condition: As New
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