Religions, Values, and Peak-Experiences by Abraham Maslow
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Overview: Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) was an American psychologist best known for his conceptualization of a “hierarchy of human needs” and “self-actualization.” He (along with Carl Rogers) is considered the founder of humanistic or “Third Force” psychology. He states in the Preface to the 1970 edition, “Since this book was first written, there has been much turmoil in the world and, therefore, much to learn. Several of the lessons I have learned are relevant here, certainly in the sense that they are helpful supplements to the main thesis of the book… Organized Religion, the churches, finally may become the major enemies of the religious experience and the religious experiencer. This is a main thesis of this book.” He adds, “I now consider that the book was too imbalanced toward the individualistic and too hard on groups, organizations, and communities. Even within these last six or seven years we have learned not to think of organizations as necessarily bureaucratic… If I were to summarize both the book and my remarks in this Preface in a few words, I would say it this way: Man has a higher and transcendent nature, and this is part of his essence, i.e., his biological nature as a member of a species which has evolved.”
Genre: Non-Fiction, Science, Psychology
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