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Transcendence and Mature Thought in Adulthood

The Further Reaches of Adult Development

Melvin E. Miller and Susanne R. Cook-Greuter

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.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 306 • Trim: 6½ x 9½
978-0-8476-7918-8 • Hardback • April 1994 • $185.00 • (£142.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Gerontology
Melvin E. Miller is Associate Professor of Psychology at Norwich University, a past President of the New England Psychological Association, and editor of Higher Stages of Human Development

Suzanne R. Cook-Greuter is a doctoral student in the Department of Human Development at Harvard University.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction: From Postconventional Development to Transcendence: Visions and Theories, Melvin E. Miller and Susanne R. Cook-Greuter
Chapter 3 PART I: A Theoretical Overview of the Field
Part 4 Unanimity and Disagreement among Transpersonal Psychologists, Joel Funk
Chapter 5 PART II: Theory-Based Frameworks of Mature Development and Transcendence
Part 6 Advanced Human Development in the Vedic Psychology of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: Theory and Research, Charles N. Alexander, Dennis P. Heaton, and Howard M. Chandler
Part 7 Cognitive Development and Transcendence: An Emerging Paradigm of Consciousness, L. Eugene Thomas
Part 8 The Structure of Mind and Its Resources, Phil Nuernberger
Chapter 9 PART III: Theories of Mature Development Based on Empirical Research
Part 10 Rare Forms of Self-Understanding in Mature Adults, Susanne R. Cook-Greuter
Part 11 World Views, Ego Development, and Epistemological Changes from the Conventional to the Postformal: A Longitudinal Perspective, Melvin E. Miller
Part 12 Cultivating Post-Formal Adult Development: Higher Stages and Contrasting Interventions, William R. Torbert
Chapter 13 PART IV: Postconventional Ethical and Moral Development
Part 14 The Ethics of Enlightenment: An Expanded Perspective on the Highest Stage of Moral Development, Steven M. Druker
Part 15 Ahimsa, Justice, and the Unity of Life: Postconventional Morality from an Indian Perspective, Jyotsna Vasudev
Chapter 16 About the Editors
Chapter 17 Contributors
Chapter 18 Index
Transcendence and Mature Thought in Adulthood takes developmental stage theory beyond the highest levels conceived by theorists such as Piaget, Kohlberg, and Loevinger . . . The book . . . is on the cutting edge of developmental inquiry into the highest of human possibilities.
— Michael Washburn, Indiana University, South Bend


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


Transcendence and Mature Thought in Adulthood

The Further Reaches of Adult Development

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Hardback
Summary
Summary
  • 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.
Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Pages: 306 • Trim: 6½ x 9½
    978-0-8476-7918-8 • Hardback • April 1994 • $185.00 • (£142.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / Gerontology
Author
Author
  • Melvin E. Miller is Associate Professor of Psychology at Norwich University, a past President of the New England Psychological Association, and editor of Higher Stages of Human Development

    Suzanne R. Cook-Greuter is a doctoral student in the Department of Human Development at Harvard University.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1 Preface
    Chapter 2 Introduction: From Postconventional Development to Transcendence: Visions and Theories, Melvin E. Miller and Susanne R. Cook-Greuter
    Chapter 3 PART I: A Theoretical Overview of the Field
    Part 4 Unanimity and Disagreement among Transpersonal Psychologists, Joel Funk
    Chapter 5 PART II: Theory-Based Frameworks of Mature Development and Transcendence
    Part 6 Advanced Human Development in the Vedic Psychology of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: Theory and Research, Charles N. Alexander, Dennis P. Heaton, and Howard M. Chandler
    Part 7 Cognitive Development and Transcendence: An Emerging Paradigm of Consciousness, L. Eugene Thomas
    Part 8 The Structure of Mind and Its Resources, Phil Nuernberger
    Chapter 9 PART III: Theories of Mature Development Based on Empirical Research
    Part 10 Rare Forms of Self-Understanding in Mature Adults, Susanne R. Cook-Greuter
    Part 11 World Views, Ego Development, and Epistemological Changes from the Conventional to the Postformal: A Longitudinal Perspective, Melvin E. Miller
    Part 12 Cultivating Post-Formal Adult Development: Higher Stages and Contrasting Interventions, William R. Torbert
    Chapter 13 PART IV: Postconventional Ethical and Moral Development
    Part 14 The Ethics of Enlightenment: An Expanded Perspective on the Highest Stage of Moral Development, Steven M. Druker
    Part 15 Ahimsa, Justice, and the Unity of Life: Postconventional Morality from an Indian Perspective, Jyotsna Vasudev
    Chapter 16 About the Editors
    Chapter 17 Contributors
    Chapter 18 Index
Reviews
Reviews
  • Transcendence and Mature Thought in Adulthood takes developmental stage theory beyond the highest levels conceived by theorists such as Piaget, Kohlberg, and Loevinger . . . The book . . . is on the cutting edge of developmental inquiry into the highest of human possibilities.
    — Michael Washburn, Indiana University, South Bend


    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


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