Tulsi Prajna 1993 01

SR No.: 524573
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parmeshwar Solanki
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1993
Total Pages: 156
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 9 MB

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TULSI PRAJNĀ being in a position to secure a really convincing ascendancy over the others. Likewise, our overview of the three major domains of (1) science (ii) the public sphere of human life and personal efforts to discover Truth in regard to Man or his spirit, through experiments and devoted practice in our every-day life relate to quest after Truth in the modern era. Here also no single way to Truth is in a position to secure a really convincing ascendancy over the others When it comes to search for Truth, and the means, methods or ways to it, in so far as our 'self is concerned, we are faced with basis choices, which, in the end must be exercised by the individuals himself. Reflection, discussion and dialogues are only preparatory steps - whose purpose is to ensure that the ultiamte choice shall be guided by the available resources of insight, reflection and understanding which the contemporary situation has generated.
2. Overview - 1890-1992 : Self in Psychology
(2.1) In selecting Prof. William James as the exemplar case in the field of Psychology of self-understanding, we also wish to highlight the wide range of his interdisciplinary education, minds and intellectual interests. He was trained in physiology; he wrote the first classic in the field of psychology (1890/1892). the relevance of which is far more central today than ever before; he, as Professor of Philosophy, was the author of three seminal works - Lectures on Pragmatism, A plenalist Universe and The Varicties of Religious Experience, which inaugurated the new phase of philosophical thought being made available to the general public, influencing its general temper, imagination and others. And, finally, through the co-operation and writings of his trained and fellow philosopher - Prof.John Dewy -, he led to a revolutionary transformation in the fields of education, public policy and democratic action to transform the human conditions towards a more humane order.
(2.2) William James introduced the 'self into psychology in 1890, which was in his days, a bold and revolutionary step in the field. By 1910, ‘self was expelled from psychology under banner of behaviourism, and it was only in the early fifties that it was re-introduced in psychology by Prof.Allport in 1943 as 'Ego' (Self) - Between 1910 and 1943, ‘self" however continued to a central issue in sociology, and since 1943, largely under sociological and anthropological influence, it has re-entered the field of social psychology. In between 1910-43, it also suffered a major de-valuation in Freud's psycho-analysis, and during the past
ecades, it has experienced a progressive 're-valuation' and upgrading in contemporary psychiatic theory and practice. The field of developed in the Western World on both sides of the Atlantic, has reflected its changing fortunes, through the arrival of the 'child and its identity development' as a major focus, as for example John Dewey earlier, and Prof. Erik, H.Erikson since 1950, when he published 'childhood and society'. His later seminal work
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