THE CONCEPT OF PERSONALITY IN SRI AUROBINDO’S INTEGRAL YOGA PSYCHOLOGY AND A. MASLOW’S HUMANISTIC / TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY by Joseph Vrinte I have carefully read the book “THE CONCEPT OF
PERSONALITY IN SRI AUROBINDO’S INTEGRAL YOGA PSYCHOLOGY AND A. MASLOW’S
HUMANISTIC / TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY written by Joseph Vrinte. Though
Sri Aurobindo and Maslow born and brought up in
two different traditions have many
ideas in common, the candidate has never failed to point-out these striking
similarities in the views of the two great thinkers. Shri Vrinte knows it well
that the views of the two writers are based on the two different types of
experiences, Sri Aurobindo bases his Psychology on metaphysical background
while Maslow has confined his views to western empirical approach. The author
has very well recognised the fact that both these thinkers want to transcend
the ordinary man but Maslow ends with man while Aurobindo tries to reach
the divine. It makes Maslow a humanist but
Sri Aurobindo can only be termed as spiritual
humanist. In my view the book has novelty of approach, richness of
comprehension and a balanced but critical attitude towards traditional standpoints. The book is a land-mark in the studies of personality from both
Eastern and
Western points of view. The author deserves congratulations for
breaking the new ice in the studies of personality. |
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Arjun Misra |