Self, Attitudes, and Emotion Work - Western Social Psychology and Eastern Zen Buddhism Confront Each Other

Anglo-American social psychology is not much more than a century old despite having its roots in a broad philosophical tradition. Alternately, the Zen version of Buddhism can trace its historical origins to roughly 1,500 years ago in China. This title hows how Western social psychology interfaces with an Eastern Zen Buddhist perspective.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
1 Approaching the Zen-Social Psychology Nexus
2 Self and Self-Concept: The Absolute and the Relative
3 Attitudes and Emotions ... from Where?
4 Social Psychology and Zen Ethical Issues in Social Movements: Zen Meets Motivation
5 Putting Constructs in Their Place
A Brief Working Glossary of Zen Terms
References
Index

About the author

Christopher Bradley

Summary

This book is about how Western social psychology interfaces with an Eastern Zen Buddhist perspective

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Bradley, Bradley Christopher, Anson Shupe, Anson Bradley Shupe, Anson D. Shupe, Anson D. Bradley Shupe, Anson/ Bradley Shupe
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2010
• EAN: 9781412813488
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-1348-8
• No. of pages: 354
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, RELIGION / Buddhism / Zen, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Social, group or collective psychology, Zen Buddhism