Toward a Psychology of Being

Name: Toward a Psychology of Being
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Abraham H. Maslow
ISBN: 9781509491742

Author: Abraham H. Maslow

Narrator: John Clickman

Unabridged: 7 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HN Publishing

Published: 01/01/2018

Categories: Nonfiction, Psychology, Applied Psychology

Synopsis

This book is a continuation of my Motivation and Personality, published in 1954. It was constructed in about the same way, that is, by doing one piece at a time of the larger theoretical structure. It is a predecessor to work yet to be done toward the construction of a comprehensive, systematic and empirically based general psychology and philosophy which includes both the depths and the heights of human nature. The last chapter is to some extent a program for this future work, and serves as a bridge to it. It is a first attempt to integrate the "health-and-growth psychology" with psychopathology and psychoanalytic dynamics, the dynamic with the holistic, Becoming with Being, good with evil, positive with negative. Phrased in another way, it is an effort to build on the general psychoanalytic base and on the scientific-positivistic base of experimental psychology, the Eupsychian, B-psychological and metamotivational superstructure which these two systems lack, going beyond their limits. It is very difficult, I have found, to communicate to others my simultaneous respect for and impatience with these two comprehensive psychologies. So many people insist on being either pro-Freudian or anti-Freudian, pro-scientific-psychology or anti-scientific-psychology, etc. In my opinion all such loyalty-positions are silly. Our job is to integrate these various truths into the whole truth, which should be our only loyalty.

About Abraham H. Maslow

Abraham H. Maslow taught at Brooklyn College and the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute, and was Chairman of the Department of Psychology at Brandeis University. From 1967 to 1968 he was President of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Maslow was one of the foremost spokesmen of the humanistic, or "Third Force," psychologies, and the author of many books and articles, including Toward a Psychology of Being, The Psychology of Science, and Religions, Values, and Peak-Experiences.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Erik on May 04, 2016

I'd been introducted to Abraham Maslow in a Grinnell College seminar on Humanistic Psychology sponsored by the Department of Religion. My interest in psychology had started two years before when draft resistance and threats of prosecution had led to a year's leave from school. Securing a series of u......more

Goodreads review by John on June 02, 2012

I believe I first read Maslow's 'Toward a psychology of being' in the mid sixties, and in the early seventies portions came to mind for my dissertation. I recommend this book for those with difficulty comprehending their position in life. In the sixth grade I was listening to two boys having an argu......more

Goodreads review by Julio on June 27, 2023

"Here's a horrifying thought. What if I am living up to my full potentiaal?---Lily Tomlin Abraham Maslow was that rarest of birds, a happy Freudian. Whereas his peers followed the master is studying neuroses and complexes honest Abe went in the opposite direction: What made human beings happy and whe......more

Goodreads review by Kalle on October 04, 2015

Maslow's hierarchy of needs as theorized in 1943 had five levels of needs, and one can only fulfill the next level up in the pyramid once you've fulfilled the foundation of the need below it. In order, Maslow's original 5 levels were Physiological, Safety, Social, Esteem, and then the top level, Self......more

Goodreads review by Tim on April 19, 2018

This was a fascinating book, and I can see why people have discussed it reverently for years. It is more than just a psychology book (and less than one too), and can also be described as a philosophical discourse on what personal qualities make up an ideal human being. Maslow is popular with integra......more