The Relevance Of The Wisdom Traditions In Contemporary Society: The Challenge To Psychology

by Mark Blows et al

Psychology is known as a discipline arising from Western experimental method, but there is perhaps no society that does not have a psychology, a way of understanding and training the person, in accordance with particular social values and concepts. Some of these 'other psychologies' are known as the Wisdom traditions, which include Eastern and Christian meditation practices, but also the age-old knowledge of the soul of the American Indian and Australian Aboriginal peoples.

280 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 2004