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OverviewAbraham H. Maslow was one of the foremost spokespersons of humanistic psychology. In The Farthest Reaches of Human Nature, an extension of his classic Toward a Psychology of Being, Maslow explores the complexities of human nature by using both the empirical methods of science and the aesthetics of philosophical inquiry. With essays on biology, synergy, creativity, cognition, self-actualization, and the hierarchy of needs, this posthumous work is a wide-ranging synthesis of Maslow's inspiring and influential ideas. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Abraham H. Maslow , Bretha G. Maslow , Henry GeigerPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd Imprint: Arkana Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 13.10cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 19.40cm Weight: 0.335kg ISBN: 9780140194708ISBN 10: 0140194703 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 01 October 1993 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface, by Bertha G. Maslow Introduction: A. H. Maslow, by Henry Geiger Part I. HEALTH AND PATHOLOGY 1. Toward a Humanistic Biology 2 Neurosis as a Failure of Personal Growth 3. Self-Actualizing and Beyond. Part II. CREATIVENESS 4. The Creative Attitude 5. A Holistic Approach to Creativity 6. Emotional Blocks to Creativity 7. The Need for Creative People. Part III. VALUES 8. Fusions of Facts and Values 9. Notes on Being-Psychology 10. Comments from a Symposium on Human Values. Part IV. EDUCATION l. Knower and Known 2. Education and Peak Experiences 13. Goals and Implications of Humanistic Education. Part V. SOCIETY 14. Synergy in the Society and in the Individual 15. Questions for the Normative Social Psychologist 16. Synanon and Eupsychia 17. On Eupsychian Management 18. On Low Grumbles, High Grumbles and Meta-grumbles. Part VI. BEING-COGNITION 19. Notes on Innocent Cognition 20. Further Notes on Cognition. Part VII. TRANSCENDENCE AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BEING 21. Various Meanings of Transcendence 22. Theory Z. Part VIII. METAMOTIVATION 23. A Theory of Metamotivation: The Biological Rooting of the Value-Life. APPENDICES Appendix A: Comments on Religions, Values, and Peak-Experiences. Appendix B: Some Parallels Between Sexual and Dominance Behaviour of Infrahuman Primates. and the Fantasies of Patients in Psychotherapy. Appendix C: Adolescence and Juvenile Delinquency in Two Different Cultures. Appendix D: Criteria for Judging Needs to Be Instinctoid. Appendix E: Abraham H. Maslow: A Bibliography. Bibliography. Index.ReviewsThis posthumous collection of notes, informal talks, essays, and commentaries by the late humanistic psychologist reflects his thinking during the last years. The recurring theme is self-actualization: what are the characteristics and how does one achieve the fully human state Maslow came to define as man's essential purpose. He argues for a normative foundation to all science and for appropriate reforms in education and business which would promote this condition. He defends the various neologisms - eupsychean society, B (for being), D (for deficiency) - as having grown out of empirical necessity. Moreover he appeals for the scientific validity or replication of his work and indicates something of his own historical development, notably the influences of Ruth Benedict and Max Wertheimer in his university days and the early fieldwork in anthropology. In the polarized world of psychology this last expression of Maslow's views by Maslow will not win over the Skinnerians - the philosophical and methodological points of view are still diametrically opposite. Yet even the most dedicated behaviorist might be personally charmed by Maslow, the man: sometimes he is the medieval rabbi, sometimes the wise and provocative Brandeis professor, sometimes perplexed modern man drinking a martini, but always a personage of warmth, intelligence, and dignity. (Kirkus Reviews) Author InformationAbraham H. Maslow taught at Brooklyn College and the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute, and was Chairman of the Department of Psychology at Brandeis University. From 1967 to 1968 he was Preseident of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Maslow was one of the foremost spokesmen of the humanistic, or ""Third Force,"" psychologies, and author of many books and articles, including Toward a Psychology of Being, The Psychology of Science, and Religions, Values, and Peak-Experiences. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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