Transcendence and mature thought in adulthood : the further reaches of adult development

This book is one of the very first to concentrate upon positive growth and development in the more advanced years of life. Incorporating both traditional Western paths of development and Eastern, meditative approaches, and both theoretical and empirical material, the contributors explore the many paths to postformal and postconventional development. They challenge the field of psychology to reconsider some of its most fundamental premises concerning how people change and develop over the course of their lives, including many of its conventional metaphysical and ontological assumptions; and they challenge the reader to actively continue his or her own growth process. Unanimity And Disagreement Among Transpersonal Psychologists / Joel Funk -- Advanced Human Development In The Vedic Psychology Of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi : Theory And Research / Charles N. Alexander, Dennis P. Heaton, Howard M. Chandler -- Cognitive Development And Transcendence : An Emerging Transpersonal Paradigm Of Consciousness / L. Eugene Thomas -- The Structure Of Mind And Its Resources / Phil Nuernberger -- Rare Forms Of Self-understanding In Mature Adults / Susanne R. Cook-greuter -- World Views, Ego Development, And Epistemological Changes From The Conventional To The Postformal : A Longitudinal Perspective / Melvin E. Miller -- Cultivating Postformal Adult Development : Higher Stages And Contrasting Interventions / William R. Torbert -- The Ethics Of Enlightenment : An Expanded Perspective On The Highest Stage Of Moral Development / Steven M. Druker -- Ahimsa, Justice, And The Unity Of Life : Postconventional Morality From An Indian Perspective / Jyotsna Vasudev. Edited By Melvin E. Miller, Susanne R. Cook- Greuter. Chiefly Papers Presented At The Adult Development Symposia, 1989 To 1991, Organized By The Society For Research In Adult Development. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. 'The most sustained and sophisticated conversation between constructive-developmental and transpersonal psychologies available in print. The result is a wonderfully demanding and rewarding collection of chapters beyond the cutting edge!'-Robert Kegan, Harvard University and The Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology