Eastern Philosophies and Psychology: Towards Psychology of Self-Cultivation

The publication of this book, East Asian Philosophies and Psychology: Towards Psychology of Self-cultivation, signifies an important breakthrough for the indigenization movements of psychology which have happened in many non-Western countries since 1980s. Viewing from the perspective of scientific r...

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Main Author: Kin-Tung Yit
Other Authors: Yung-Jong Shiah, Kwang-Kuo Hwang
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
Series:Frontiers Research Topics
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Summary:The publication of this book, East Asian Philosophies and Psychology: Towards Psychology of Self-cultivation, signifies an important breakthrough for the indigenization movements of psychology which have happened in many non-Western countries since 1980s. Viewing from the perspective of scientific revolution (Kuhn, 1969), when Western paradigms of psychology are transplanted to non-Western countries and encounter anomalies which cannot be explained by the imported theories, the foreign theories are in a state of crisis waiting for scientific revolution.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (129 p.)
ISBN:9782889453344
978-2-88945-334-4