Transpersonal Psychology

Author: Yang Shao Gang
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Transpersonal psychology is a contemporary Western psychology school that originated from American humanistic psychology in the 1970s. After more than 30 years of development, this school has made significant progress in its fundamental theoretical views, organizational systems, and experimental research, exerting considerable influence in the West and even in China. This book objectively reviews some of the debates that arose during the emergence and development of this school, enabling readers to grasp its perspectives and gain a scientific understanding of it. The book primarily covers the historical evolution from humanistic psychology to transpersonal psychology; the research objects, characteristics, and basic concepts of transpersonal psychology; and the theoretical views of its main representative figures.