The psychologisation of Eastern spiritual traditions: colonisation, translation and commodification

'East is East and West is West?' -- Counterculture and the Return to the East -- The Buddha as Psychologist, the Dharma as Psychotherapy -- The Dao of Psychologisation -- The Commodification of 'the East' -- Resistance -- Transpersonal Psychology.

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主要作者: Cohen, Elliot 1977- (Author)
格式: Print 图书
语言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: London New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis 2022
In:Year: 2022
丛编:Concepts for critical psychology
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 佛教 / 印度教 / 道教 / 心理学 / 心理治疗 / 灵性
B China / Asien / 传统 / 灵性 / 唯灵论 / 殖民主义 / 心理学 / 西方化
IxTheo Classification:AE Psychology of religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Spirituality Psychology (东方)
B 东方 宗教 Psychology
B Psychology and religion (东方)
B Spirituality (东方) Psychology
B Psychology, Religious (东方)
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总结:'East is East and West is West?' -- Counterculture and the Return to the East -- The Buddha as Psychologist, the Dharma as Psychotherapy -- The Dao of Psychologisation -- The Commodification of 'the East' -- Resistance -- Transpersonal Psychology.
"This essential book critically examines the various ways in which Eastern spiritual traditions have been typically stripped of their spiritual roots, content and context, to be more readily assimilated into secular Western frames of Psychology. Beginning with the colonial histories of Empire, the author draws from the 1960s Counterculture and the subsequent romanticising and idealising of the East. Cohen explores how Hindu, Buddhist and Daoist traditions have been gradually transformed into forms of Psychology, Psychotherapy and Self-Help, undergoing processes of 'modernisation' and secularisation until their respective cosmologies had been successfully reinterpreted and reimagined. An important component of this psychologisation is the accompanying commodification of Eastern spiritual practices, including the mass-marketing of mindfulness and meditation as part of the burgeoning well-being industry. Also presenting emerging voices of resistance from within both Eastern spiritual traditions, the book ends with a chapter on Transpersonal Psychology, showing a path for how to gradually move away from colonisation and towards collaboration. Engaging with the 'mindfulness movement' and other practices assimilated by Western culture, this is fascinating reading for students and academics in psychology, philosophy and religious studies, as well as mindfulness practitioners"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
实物描述:viii, 150 Seiten
ISBN:0367375362