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In volume 1 of Gandhi and the Psychology of Nonviolence the authors
advanced a scientific psychology of nonviolence, derived from
principles enunciated by Gandhi and supported by current
state-of-the-art research in psychology. In this second volume the
authors demonstrate its potential contribution across a wide range
of applied psychology fields. As we enter the era of the
Anthropocene, they argue, it is imperative to make use of Gandhi's
legacy through our evolving noospheric consciousness to address the
urgent problems of the 21st century. The authors examine Gandhi's
contributions in the context of both established areas such as the
psychology of religion, educational, community and organizational
psychology and newer fields including environmental psychology and
the psychology of technology. They provide a nuanced analysis which
engages with both the latest research and the practical
implications for initiatives like the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. The book
concludes with an overview of Gandhi's contribution to modern
psychology, which encompasses the history, development, and current
impetus behind emerging work in the field as a whole. It marks an
exciting contribution to studies of both Gandhi and psychology that
will also provide unique insights for scholars of applied
psychology, education, environmental and development studies.
The first of two volumes, this book examines Gandhi's contribution
to an understanding of the scientific and evolutionary basis of the
psychology of nonviolence, through the lens of contemporary
researches on human cognition, empathy, morality and self-control.
While, psychological science has focused on those participants that
delivered electric shocks in Professor Stanley Milgram's famous
experiments, these books begin from the premise that we have
neglected to fully explore why the other participants walked away.
Building on emergent research in the psychology of self control and
wisdom, the authors illustrate what Gandhi's life and work offers
to our understanding of these subjects who disobeyed and defied
Milgram. The authors analyze Gandhi's actions and philosophy, as
well as original interviews with his contemporaries, to elaborate a
modern scientific psychology of nonviolence from the principles he
enunciated and which were followed so successfully in his
Satyagrahas. Gandhi, they argue, was a practical psychologist from
whom we can derive a science of nonviolence which, as Volume 2 will
illustrate, can be applied to almost every subfield of psychology,
but particularly to those addressing the most urgent issues of the
21st century. This book is the result of four decades of
collaborative work between the authors. It marks a unique
contribution to studies of both Gandhi and the current trends in
psychological research that will appeal in particular to scholars
of social change, peace studies and peace psychology, and, serve as
an exemplar in teaching one of modern psychology's hitherto
neglected perspectives.
The first of two volumes, this book examines Gandhi's contribution
to an understanding of the scientific and evolutionary basis of the
psychology of nonviolence, through the lens of contemporary
researches on human cognition, empathy, morality and self-control.
While, psychological science has focused on those participants that
delivered electric shocks in Professor Stanley Milgram's famous
experiments, these books begin from the premise that we have
neglected to fully explore why the other participants walked away.
Building on emergent research in the psychology of self control and
wisdom, the authors illustrate what Gandhi's life and work offers
to our understanding of these subjects who disobeyed and defied
Milgram. The authors analyze Gandhi's actions and philosophy, as
well as original interviews with his contemporaries, to elaborate a
modern scientific psychology of nonviolence from the principles he
enunciated and which were followed so successfully in his
Satyagrahas. Gandhi, they argue, was a practical psychologist from
whom we can derive a science of nonviolence which, as Volume 2 will
illustrate, can be applied to almost every subfield of psychology,
but particularly to those addressing the most urgent issues of the
21st century. This book is the result of four decades of
collaborative work between the authors. It marks a unique
contribution to studies of both Gandhi and the current trends in
psychological research that will appeal in particular to scholars
of social change, peace studies and peace psychology, and, serve as
an exemplar in teaching one of modern psychology's hitherto
neglected perspectives.
In volume 1 of Gandhi and the Psychology of Nonviolence the authors
advanced a scientific psychology of nonviolence, derived from
principles enunciated by Gandhi and supported by current
state-of-the-art research in psychology. In this second volume the
authors demonstrate its potential contribution across a wide range
of applied psychology fields. As we enter the era of the
Anthropocene, they argue, it is imperative to make use of Gandhi's
legacy through our evolving noospheric consciousness to address the
urgent problems of the 21st century. The authors examine Gandhi's
contributions in the context of both established areas such as the
psychology of religion, educational, community and organizational
psychology and newer fields including environmental psychology and
the psychology of technology. They provide a nuanced analysis which
engages with both the latest research and the practical
implications for initiatives like the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. The book
concludes with an overview of Gandhi's contribution to modern
psychology, which encompasses the history, development, and current
impetus behind emerging work in the field as a whole. It marks an
exciting contribution to studies of both Gandhi and psychology that
will also provide unique insights for scholars of applied
psychology, education, environmental and development studies.
This unique treatise expands on the philosophy of technology to
argue for a psychology of technology based on the complex
relationships between psychology, biology and technology,
especially in the light of our relationships with our digital
devices, our online lives, and our human experience. Drawing from
disciplines ranging from philosophy and evolution to cognition and
neuroscience, it examines myriad aspects of the brain's creative
development: the cognitive, sensory, and motor processes that
enable technological progress and its resulting efficiencies and
deficiencies along with our discomforts and pleasures. These
experiences are key to behavioral and affective processes in
technology, manifest in such diverse phenomena as multitasking, the
shift in tech design from ergonomics to hedonomics, and the many
types of online problem behaviors. Through these rich pages,
readers can understand more deeply the history and future of human
adjustment and adaptation in an environment intertwined with
technology-and, with the ascendance of video games and virtual
reality, new conceptions of the human self. Among the topics
covered: Could we have remained a tech-devoid society? Technology,
ergonomics and the non-executive functions of our body. New
directions in brain-computer interface. From avatars and agents to
virtual reality technology.<
On measuring affective responses to objects. Psychology,
technology, ethics, and culture. A timely lens on a field that will
grow in importance as it shapes our existence, Psychology of
Technology will be read and discussed by not only psychologists,
social scientists, and behavioral scientists, but also by
technology designers and developers and those in biotechnology.
This unique treatise expands on the philosophy of technology to
argue for a psychology of technology based on the complex
relationships between psychology, biology and technology,
especially in the light of our relationships with our digital
devices, our online lives, and our human experience. Drawing from
disciplines ranging from philosophy and evolution to cognition and
neuroscience, it examines myriad aspects of the brain's creative
development: the cognitive, sensory, and motor processes that
enable technological progress and its resulting efficiencies and
deficiencies along with our discomforts and pleasures. These
experiences are key to behavioral and affective processes in
technology, manifest in such diverse phenomena as multitasking, the
shift in tech design from ergonomics to hedonomics, and the many
types of online problem behaviors. Through these rich pages,
readers can understand more deeply the history and future of human
adjustment and adaptation in an environment intertwined with
technology-and, with the ascendance of video games and virtual
reality, new conceptions of the human self. Among the topics
covered: Could we have remained a tech-devoid society? Technology,
ergonomics and the non-executive functions of our body. New
directions in brain-computer interface. From avatars and agents to
virtual reality technology.<
On measuring affective responses to objects. Psychology,
technology, ethics, and culture. A timely lens on a field that will
grow in importance as it shapes our existence, Psychology of
Technology will be read and discussed by not only psychologists,
social scientists, and behavioral scientists, but also by
technology designers and developers and those in biotechnology.
Paddock has referred to societies as "anti-violent" that Inhibit
the expressIon of aggresSion. In his book Violence and Aggression,
KE. Moyer nas made a brief but interesting comparison of several
violent and nonviolent cultures. Whereas studies of violence have
ranged from genetic, cultural to Situation effects, and have been
pursued through empirical and nonempirical methods over the past
several decades, nonviolence did not become a favorite area of
study among social scientists. Although it is impossible to make a
complete list of the various reasons for the lack of interest among
social scientists on this subject, it is generally believed that a
lack of understanding of the concept and a failure to either
develop or apply adequate methods are to Olame. Therefore we are
not surprized that nonviolence has remained, by and large, a
favorite topic among religious thinkers and leaders only. A good
example of how people have difficulty understanding the concept of
nonviolence came to me when I delivered a lecture to a group of
political science students several years ago. I experienced similar
problems when I spoke to the history and political science
professors. Subsequent dialogues with faculty members in other
disciplines convinced me that our perspectives on nonVIolence were
not commonly clear to all of us. or course, most of us did agree on
one thing--that Is, there Is a distinct difference separating
Eastern from Western views of nonviolence.
Paddock has referred to societies as "anti-violent" that Inhibit
the expressIon of aggresSion. In his book Violence and Aggression,
KE. Moyer nas made a brief but interesting comparison of several
violent and nonviolent cultures. Whereas studies of violence have
ranged from genetic, cultural to Situation effects, and have been
pursued through empirical and nonempirical methods over the past
several decades, nonviolence did not become a favorite area of
study among social scientists. Although it is impossible to make a
complete list of the various reasons for the lack of interest among
social scientists on this subject, it is generally believed that a
lack of understanding of the concept and a failure to either
develop or apply adequate methods are to Olame. Therefore we are
not surprized that nonviolence has remained, by and large, a
favorite topic among religious thinkers and leaders only. A good
example of how people have difficulty understanding the concept of
nonviolence came to me when I delivered a lecture to a group of
political science students several years ago. I experienced similar
problems when I spoke to the history and political science
professors. Subsequent dialogues with faculty members in other
disciplines convinced me that our perspectives on nonVIolence were
not commonly clear to all of us. or course, most of us did agree on
one thing--that Is, there Is a distinct difference separating
Eastern from Western views of nonviolence.
This book examines what Gandhian thought contributes to the
conceptualisation of wisdom and its application in the 21st
Century. It draws together leading international researchers and
practitioners to combine an in-depth understanding of Gandhi's
philosophy with the latest research from psychology and allied
social sciences. Beginning with an overview of wisdom in the domain
of scientific research and as it is understood in our everyday
life, the book's editors further call attention to key cross
cultural issues limiting its current scope. Amongst the topics
explored are Gandhi's silence, fasting, vows, self-efficacy,
self-control, and more, illustrating what he offers not only to the
study of wisdom within psychology, but across a broad range of
disciplines and professional enterprises. It is invaluable to
students and scholars of Gandhian studies, the psychology of
wisdom, management and peace psychology; as well to readers with a
general interest in the application of Gandhi's wisdom today.
This book examines what Gandhian thought contributes to the
conceptualisation of wisdom and its application in the 21st
Century. It draws together leading international researchers and
practitioners to combine an in-depth understanding of Gandhi's
philosophy with the latest research from psychology and allied
social sciences. Beginning with an overview of wisdom in the domain
of scientific research and as it is understood in our everyday
life, the book's editors further call attention to key cross
cultural issues limiting its current scope. Amongst the topics
explored are Gandhi's silence, fasting, vows, self-efficacy,
self-control, and more, illustrating what he offers not only to the
study of wisdom within psychology, but across a broad range of
disciplines and professional enterprises. It is invaluable to
students and scholars of Gandhian studies, the psychology of
wisdom, management and peace psychology; as well to readers with a
general interest in the application of Gandhi's wisdom today.
The concepts of non-violence and aggression are often twinned
together to convey the impression that one is counterpart to the
other. Kool, however, draws on recent research to illustrate that
whilst the control of violence is a reaction to aggression,
non-violence is, by contrast, an active behaviour. The book
explores a wide survey of theories and examples, spanning ideas in
cognition, motivation and behaviour that will provide students of
peace and social psychology with an engaging entry point to the
subject.
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