Wholly Human

Auteur

Guy Claxton is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Education at the University of Bristol and Emeritus Professor of the Learning Sciences at the University of Winchester. His research and publications focus on the varieties of non-conscious and non-intellectual intelligence, and practical methods of enhancing such intelligence in educational, therapeutic and spiritual contexts. Recent books include The Learning Power Approach, Intelligence in the Flesh and Bodies of Learning: How Embodiment Science Transforms Education.

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Originally published in 1981, the subject matter of Wholly Human is integrated Man, the man whose functions and faculties work together in harmony, the man who is wholly human - aware and accepting of the disparities between who he thinks he is and who he really is.

Contenu

Preamble. Part I 1. The Philosophy of Integrity 2. The Experience of Integrity 3. The Adult-eration of the Child 4. Liberation From De-liberation: The West and Psychotherapy 5. Liberation From De-liberation: The East and Meditation Part II 6. Integrity in Contemporary Psychology 7. A Neurotheology of Integrity 8. Living the Self-less Life: Perception 9. Living the Self-less Life: States of Mind 10. Living the Self-less Life: Passions and Actions. The Final Word. Bibliography. Index.