An Introduction to Buddhist Psychology

De Silva, Padmasiri

ISBN 10: 0742508579 / ISBN 13: 9780742508576

Editore: Rowman and Littlefield Publisher's, Inc, Lanham, 2000

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A Book in Very Good Condition. Light shelf wear. Residue from sticker on front wrap along hinge. Paperback. Small Octavo. [xvi], 166pp. Publisher's Teal Paper Wraps with White Detailing. Codice articolo 552

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Titolo: An Introduction to Buddhist Psychology

Casa editrice: Rowman and Littlefield Publisher's, Inc, Lanham

Data di pubblicazione: 2000

Legatura: Brossura

Condizione: Very Good

Edizione: Third Edition.

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Riassunto:

An Introduction to Buddhist Psychology is a lucid, intelligible, and authentic introduction to the foundations of Buddhist psychology. It provides comprehensive coverage of the basic concepts and issues in the psychology of Buddhism, and thus it deals with the nature of psychological inquiry, concepts of the mind, consciousness and behavior, motivation, emotions and percentile, and the therapeutic structure of Buddhist psychology. For the third edition, a new chapter on the mind-body relationship and Buddhist contextualism has been added.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Padmasiri De Silva was professor and head of philosophy and psychology at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (1980-1989). He also held visiting positions at the University of Pittsburgh and the ISLE program in the United States, the National University of Singapore, and the University of Wiakato. He was coordinator of the IRC program OEnvironment, Ethics, and EducationO in Singapore. Currently he is research fellow at Monash University.