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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Preface
Acknowledgments
Pronunciation and Transliteration of Sanskrit Terms
Table of Contents
1 The Context of Inquiry
THE THEME OF INQUIRY
On Closing The Historical, Disciplinary, And Cultural Gaps In The Study of the Self
Univocalism, Relativism, and Pluralism in Psychological Theory
Notes
2 Person, Self, and Identity
Person and Personality
Self and Ego
Identity
The Denial and Affirmation of the Self in India and the West
Notes
3 Two Perspectives on Person, Self, and Identity
Two Perspectives
Erik H. Erikson’s Views of Person, Self, and Identity
Person, Self, and Identity According to Advaita Vedānta
A Cross-Cultural Overview of Eriksonian and Advaita Vedāntic Views
Notes
4 Self-as-Knower
Some contemporary perspectives: the self as cognitive structures and processes
The Self Beyond Cognition: Cognitive Deconstruction of the Ego in Advaita Vedāntic Meditation
Notes
5 Self-as-enjoyer-sufferer
Western Psychological Views of Emotion
The Self as Enjoyer-Sufferer: The Views of Sānkhya, Yoga, and Vedānta
Emotion According to the Dramaturgical and Aesthetic Theories of India
Emotion and Self-transformation in Religious Devotion
Notes
6 Self-as-agent
Views of Self-as-Agent in Western Thought and Some Parallels from India
Karma and Determinism in the Traditional Indian Worldview
Understanding the Doctrine of Karma in View of Contemporary Indian Concerns and Western Perspectives
Personhood, Agency, and Permanence
Notes
7 Person, Self, Identity, and Consciousness
Two Views
Notes
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms
References
Credits
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