This book is for those who are interested in Buddhist teachings and all who seek routes to growth in human well-being, particularly therapists, coaches, and scientists. It is a vanguard work that sets a cultural revolution in motion by bringing the fruits of the Buddhist heritage together with contemporary therapy, systematic research, and postmodern thought. The volume contains 28 chapters by 38 contributors from 12 countries, and introduces a range of useful practices, evidence of their efficacy, and integrative theoretical deliberations. Its contents move toward a climax called New Buddhist Psychology.
Horizons in Buddhist Psychology, Edited by: Maurits G,T. Kwee, Kenneth J. Gergen and Fusako Koshikawa, Taos Institute Publications, Paperback, 522 pages, $40.00
Maurits G.T. Kwee, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Faculty Member of the Taos Institute PhD-Program, USA
Founder of the Institute for Relational Buddhism, Netherlands
Emeritus Hon. Professor Universidad de Flores, Argentina
Former Visiting Prof. and Research Fellow Waseda University, Japan
Kenneth J. Gergen is a Senior Research Professor in Psychology at Swarthmore College, and the President of the Taos Institute. He is internationally known for his contributions to social constructionist theory, technology and cultural change, the self, aging, education, and relational theory and practices. His major writings include, Realities and Relationships: Soundings in Social Construction, The Saturated Self: Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life, and Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community. His most recent work Beyond the Tyranny of Testing: Relational Evaluation in Education (with Scherto Gill) offers a relational constructionist alternative to the destructive practices of testing and grading in education. Gergen lectures throughout the world, and has received numerous awards for his work, including honorary degrees in both the U.S. and Europe.
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