Shamanism and Psychology in Ancient Greece and India - The Evolution of Psyche

This book offers a historical introduction to psychology. It investigates the evolutionary origins of our capacity to practice psychology, including its language and the cultural containers in which it can emerge, such as those of ancient Greece and ancient India.

List of contents

Part 1: Evolution and Psychology 1. Evolution and Culture 2. Cultural Ecologies 3. Becoming Human 4. Tools for Global Psychology Part 2: Origins of Greek Psychology 5. Ancient Europe 6. Mythos and Logos in Homer 7. Psyche in Homer 8. The Fate of Psyche 9. Shamanism in Ancient Greece Part 3: Origins of Indian Psychology 10. India, Ancient and Modern 11. Sources of Indian Psychology 12. Vedic Psychology Bibliography Subject / Author Index Nation Index

About the author

Richard Valentine is a member of the British Psychological Society and Associate Fellow of the Kirkby Laing Centre for Public Theology, a research institute in Cambridge, UK. From an academic background in philosophy and natural sciences, and a long career in education, he retrained in psychology. He has since worked in occupational psychology, developing profiling products for careers counselling and mentoring, and in higher education as a researcher, consultant and broadcaster for the induction of international students. He has published on policy in higher education in physics, psychology and religious studies. He lives on the coast of Cumbria, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Valentine, Richard (Researcher and Cultural Consul Valentine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.04.2025
• EAN: 9781041021094
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4102109-4
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: A New History of Western Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; PSYCHOLOGY / General, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Shamanism, Philosophy of Mind, PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology, HISTORY / Historiography, PSYCHOLOGY / Reference, PSYCHOLOGY / History, Historiography, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Shamanism, paganism and Druidry