Like few contemporary psychologists, Abraham Maslow has no answers, no absolutes, no solutions which bring the relief of finality. In this second edition, there is a constant optimistic thrust toward a future based on the intrinsic values of humanity. Professor Maslow states that "This inner nature, as much as we know of it so far, seems not to be intrinsically evil, but rather either neutral or positively 'good'. What we call evil behavior appears most often to be a secondary reaction to frustration of this intrinsic nature." He demonstrates that human beings can be loving, noble, and creative, and are capable of pursuing the highest values and aspirations. The new edition contains minor revisions throughout, an expanded bibliography, and a new appendix which is an affirmative answer to the question "Is a Normative Social Psychology Possible?"
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Being vs Becoming,
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This review is from: Toward a Psychology of Being, 3rd Edition (Hardcover)
Challenging read for someone not too familiar with psych jargon, but very managable for anyone with a few psychology courses under his or her belt. This book will definitely assist one in their endeavors to define self-actualization on a personal/internal level. I feel that after a deliberate reading I personally gained some insight about my true nature. Maslow does an outstanding job of clarifing for the reader what it is like to veiw the world as its own ends versus the means. He helps define how living a life of being differs from a life of becoming. Good book, I highly recommend it to anyone in a counselling profession or one seeking philisophical enrichment.
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Change Your Life!,
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This review is from: Toward a Psychology of Being, 3rd Edition (Hardcover)
Discovering this book back in the 1960s changed my life and led me into the field of first, Humanistic Psychology and then into Transpersonal Psychology, where I found my life-work and purpose.Read it, and if you are searching for some real meaning in your life, you will find the beginning of the way. Then read all the books in the list of references, and that will be even better! It opens up a whole new world!
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This review is from: Toward a Psychology of Being, 3rd Edition (Hardcover)
I had to read this for an Organizational Leadership class in graduate school. When I first got it I thought, "This is going to be like reading a VCR manual." That is, it appeared to be boring theoretical way out there stuff, with sentences lasting a full paragraph.However, it is one of the best books I have ever read in helping me to understand people and why they are the way they are. This is a quick written self help book. Rather, it explains the fundamental causes of people's behavior in life.
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