Toward a Psychology of Being
Abraham Maslow's 1962 book on self-actualisation, peak experiences and growth.
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Transpersonal needs, Psychology of health
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- Maslow developed a 1962 collection of papers into this book on healthy growth and self-actualisation.
- In it he stresses the importance of transpersonal psychology.
- Without the transpersonal, he wrote, "we get sick, violent, and nihilistic, or else hopeless and apathetic".
Why it matters
- It is a central text of humanistic psychology and helped give rise to transpersonal psychology.
Key facts
- Author
- Abraham Maslow1
- Published
- First edition 1962; second edition 1968; third edition 19991
- Origin
- A 1962 collection of papers, developed into the 1968 edition1
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