Foundations of Indian Psychology
(in two volumes)
edited by: Matthijs Cornelissen, Girishwar Misra, & Suneet Varma
published by: Longman, Pearson Education, New Delhi
Both volumes are now available from the Pearson online bookshop (India)
NB. Pearson offers a 21% discount if you purchase both volumes together.
| Volume 1: Concepts and Theories | ||
| Karan Singh | Preface | |
| Editors | Introduction | |
| Aster Patel | The psychological perspectives of our times... Three shifts of a rhythm | |
| Section 1: The social and philosophical context | ||
| 1 | K. Ramakrishna Rao | Indian psychology: Implications and applications |
| 2 | Ajit K. Dalal | A journey back to the roots: Psychology in India |
| 3 | R. L. Kashyap | Psychological ideas in the Vedas and their relevance to contemporary psychology |
| 4 | Vladimir Iatsenko | On the Vedic symbolism in the light of Sri Aurobindo |
| 5 | Kundan Singh | Beyond mind: The future of psychology as a science |
| 6 | John Pickering | Indian psychological thought in the age of globalization |
| Section 2: Self and personality | ||
| 7 | Kiran Kumar K. Salagame | Ego and ahaṁkāra: Self and identity in modern psychology and Indian thought |
| 8 | Priya Ananda & Ajith Prasad | Models of personality in Buddhist psychology |
| 9 | Suneet Varma | Integral Psychology: A new science of self, personality and psychology |
| 10 | Brant Cortright | An integral approach to our psychic centre |
| 11 | Bahman A. K. Shirazi | The Sufi path of self-transformation |
| 12 | Shivantika Sharad | Being an authentic self: Some insights from the lives of Sri Aurobindo and Mahatma Gandhi |
| Section 3: Pathways to knowledge | ||
| 13 | Peter Sedlmeier | Indian psychology and the scientific method |
| 14 | William Braud | Integrating yoga epistemology and ontology into an expanded integral approach to research |
| 15 | Girishwar Misra | Knowing in the Indian tradition |
| 16 | R. M. Matthijs Cornelissen | What is knowledge? A reflection based on the work of Sri Aurobindo |
| 17 | S. R. Bhatt | The noetic process (citta vṛthi): A Therāvāda Buddhist view |
| Section 4: Affect, motivation and creativity | ||
| 18 | Girishwar Misra | Psychology of emotions: Some cultural perspectives |
| 19 | Sunil D. Gaur | Why am I here? Implications of self and identity for conceptualizing motivation |
| 20 | Anand C. Paranjpe | The principles and practice of karma yoga in the writings and life of B. G. Tilak |
| 21 | Kavita A. Sharma | From dejection to action: A narrative analysis of the transformation of Arjuna and Yudhiṣṭhira |
| 22 | Minati Panda | Cultural construction of creativity: Dualism and beyond |
| Glossary of words of Sanskrit or Pali origin | ||
| The contributors | ||
| Index | ||
| Volume 2: Practical Applications | ||
| Karan Singh | Preface | |
| Editors | Introduction | |
| Aster Patel | The psychological perspectives of our times... Three shifts of a rhythm | |
| Section 1: Health and healing | ||
| 1 | Kapil Kapoor | Philosophy of healing in Indian medicine |
| 2 | R. L. Bijlani | Integral psychology: More than a tool for health and happiness |
| 3 | Ajit K. Dalal | Folk wisdom and traditional healing practices: Some lessons for modern psychotherapies |
| 4 | Alok Pandey | Psychotherapy and Indian thought |
| 5 | Michael Miovic | Psychotherapy and Integral Yoga Psychology |
| 6 | K. M. Tripathi | Concept and scope of pratyāhāra in management of mental health |
| Section 2: Education | ||
| 7 | Neeltje Huppes | Integral education: An application of Indian psychology |
| 8 | P. Ram Manohar | The blending of healing and pedagogy in Āyurveda |
| 9 | Bharati Baveja | Situating teacher education in the Indian context: A paradigm shift |
| 10 | Vinita Kaushik Kapur | Krishnamurti and value education |
| 11 | Anjum Sibia | Education for life: The Mirambika experience |
| Section 3: Social issues | ||
| 12 | Anand Prakash | Exploring the images used for the individual-organization interface: Experiences and reflections |
| 13 | Kumar Ravi Priya | Broadening of consciousness: A healing process among the survivors of the Kachchh earthquake |
| 14 | R. S. Pirta | Resolution of social conflicts: An Indian model |
| 15 | Anjali Singh | Lālan-pālan: A psycho-spiritual experience for the Indian mother |
| 16 | P. Kapur & G. Misra | Being human the Sikh way: Some psychological reflections |
| 17 | Kittu Reddy | Organizational transformation through consciousness-centred training: A case study from the Indian Army |
| Glossary of words of Sanskrit or Pali origin | ||
| The contributors | ||
| Index | ||
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