Koltko-Rivera (1998) Maslow's "Transhumanism": Was transpersonal psychology conceived as "a psychology without people in it"?

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Maslow's "Transhumanism": Was transpersonal psychology conceived as "a psychology without people in it"?

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Author:

Koltko-Rivera, Mark E. (Professional Services Group, Incorporated)

JOURNAL:

The Journal of humanistic psychology, 38(1), 71 - 80.

YEAR:

1998

PUB TYPE:

Journal Article

SUBJECT(S):

Maslow, humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, Rollo May

DISCIPLINE:

Psychology

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LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-410-601 (Last edited on 2004/12/11 09:38:30 US/Mountain)

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ABSTRACT:
What we may call the transhuman/inhuman critique states that transpersonal psychology is centered on cosmic issues rather than on human ones and so is not a human psychology at all. Abraham Maslow's statements to the effect that the transpersonal is "transhuman, centered in the cosmos rather than in human needs" are considered evidence of this position. Analysis of Maslow's lesser known writings indicates that Maslow, somewhat like J. Huxley, used "transhuman" to indicate the essentially human capacity to desire universal values like justice and truth over the satisfaction of purely personal needs. Thus, the transhuman/inhuman critique is based on a misreading of Maslow. The transpersonal is not inherently unpsychological or divorced from human concerns; rather, it represents an extension of psychology's vision of the human.

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