Gandhi's Wisdom : Insights from the Founding Father of Modern Psychology in the East / / edited by V. K. Kool, Rita Agrawal

• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2022.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 pages)
• Disciplina: 954.035092
• Soggetto topico: Political psychology; Positive psychology; Psychology, Industrial; Religion - Philosophy; Peace Psychology; Positive Psychology; Work and Organizational Psychology; Philosophy of Religion; Filosofia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Persona (resp. second.): AgrawalRita; KoolVinod K.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Part I Gandhi and the Psychology of Wisdom -- 1 Gandhi's Truth as a Precursor of Authentic Wisdom -- Gandhi's Wisdom: Lessons from the Founding Father of Modern Psychology in the East -- The Psychology of Human Wisdom -- Issues with Research on the Psychology of Wisdom -- References -- 2 Milgram's Lost Gandhi: Whither Gandhi's Wisdom of Nonviolence in the Psychology of Wisdom -- Gandhi and William James' Moral Equivalent of War -- Nonviolence as Wisdom -- Gandhi's Understanding of Human Cognition -- Gandhi's Understanding of Human Motivation -- Nonviolence as a Science and Precursor of Wisdom -- References -- Part II Gandhi's Wisdom in the Interdisciplinary Perspective -- 3 On Seeking Wisdom in Gandhi's Silence -- Gandhi's Silence -- The Neuropsychology of Silence -- The Psychology of Silence -- Our Appraisal of Silence in Everyday Life -- References -- 4 Nonviolent Self-Efficacy for Social Transformation and Health: Theoretical and Empirical Bases -- Self-Efficacy Approaches: Major Contours -- Skills for Gandhian Nonviolence: Three Clusters -- Means -- Collective Efficacy -- Role of Spirituality -- Pilot Survey -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Significance of Gandhi's Fasts: An Interdisciplinary Perspective -- Introduction -- The Cultural Context of Gandhi's Fasts -- Fasting for the Sins of Others -- Fasting as a Weapon of Nonviolence -- The Power of Fasting -- Distinction Between a Fast and a Hunger Strike -- Fasting as a Science -- Fasting: Public or Private? -- Fasting and Love -- Fast Unto Death as the Ultimate Weapon -- Other Considerations -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Self- and Other-Purification as Gandhi's Way of Un-othering -- Othering and Its Nature -- Muslims as the Other. ; Shudras as the Other -- Un-othering and Its Nature -- The Gandhian Method of Un-othering -- Self-Purification as a Way of Un-othering -- Other-Purification as a Way of Un-othering -- In Sum -- References -- 7 Gandhi's Theory of Trusteeship and Its Influence on Employee Ownership in the Twenty-First Century -- Introduction -- Part 1-The Lack of Progress Towards a Trusteeship Model for All Businesses -- Part 2-Workers' Trusteeship Responsibilities Achieved Through EO -- Part 3-The Challenge of Making the Twenty-First Century Corporation Responsible to Society -- Part 4-EO with Added Gandhian Purpose -- Conclusions -- References -- 8 Calling Orientation as Sustainability in Gandhi's Wisdom -- The Concept of Calling Orientation -- Calling Orientation and Organizational Sustainability -- Organizational Sustainability in the Gandhian Perspective -- Good Citizenry as an Outcome of Nonviolence -- Replication of Community Feeling in an Organizational Context -- Application of Gandhi's Wisdom in Organizational Behavior -- References -- 9 The Wisdom of Gandhi: Achieving a Sustainable Economy -- Introduction -- Main Pillars of Gandhi's Economic Thoughts: Truth (Satya) and Nonviolence (Ahimsa) -- Property Rights and Aparigriha (Non-possession) and Sarvodaya (Welfare of All) -- Capital and Labor -- Village Production and Decentralization of Economy -- Relevance of Gandhian Economics Today -- Applied Cases of Gandhian Economic Thought -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Turing Testing and Gandhi's Wisdom in the Era of Cognitive Computing -- Beyond Darwin: Exaptation and Gandhi -- Cognizing Gandhi's Wisdom in Psychology of Technology -- On the Applications of Converging Technologies and Cognitive Computing -- Perspectives in Living with Humanoid Gandhi -- Research Trajectory for Studying Gandhi's Wisdom -- References. ; 11 Situated Moral Practice: Resisting Authority in Stanley Milgram's "Obedience" Experiment -- Situated Moral Practice in Milgram's Lab -- Moral Resistance and Power -- Data and Methods -- The Sequential Context of Resistance: Directive-Response Sequences -- Resistance to Continuation -- Competing Sequential Relevancies -- Discussion -- References -- 12 The Primacy of Intention and the Duty to Truth: A Gandhi-Inspired Argument for Retranslating Hiṃsā and Ahiṃsā -- Reading Gandhi: My Context -- Twenty-First Century Challenges for Advocates of Nonviolence -- Hiṃsā and "Violence" -- Ahiṃsā and "Nonviolence" -- Words as Windows into Moral Accountability -- Alternative Translations -- Where Does This Leave Us? -- Postscript: Training in Beneficence -- References -- Part III On Living as Gandhi -- 13 My Journey to Gandhi -- The First Noble Sound -- The Journey Begins -- The Thirst for Meaning -- Our Challenge -- Courage Against Violence -- References -- 14 From Past to Present: Gandhi's Relevance for Today -- A Soldier for Peace -- Mentors and Models -- A Revolution in the Revolution -- More Power Than We Know -- Dr. King: The American Gandhi -- How the Gandhian Method Works -- Empirical Confirmation -- Climate Action, Gandhian Ways -- References -- 15 Gandhi's Contribution to a War Free World: My Inspiration -- My Route to Gandhi -- Gandhi's Adoption of Nonviolence -- Gandhi, Ahimsa and War -- Crisis -- A Greater Challenge -- The Modus Operandi of Satyagraha -- A War-Free World -- References -- Part IV The Interminable Wisdom of Gandhi -- 16 Gandhi's Wisdom in the Twenty-First Century and Beyond -- Why Do We Need Gandhi More Than Ever Before in Our Search for Wisdom? -- On Moving Away from the Study of Negative Forms of Behavior: The Context of Gandhi's Wisdom -- Faith, Wisdom, and Gandhi -- Wisdom Is Psychological and Yet Not so Psychological. ; On the Wisdom of Machines -- Wisdom, Nonviolence, and Happiness: Gandhi's Seasons of Life -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines what Gandhian thought contributes to the conceptualisation of wisdom and its application in the 21st Century. It draws together leading international researchers and practitioners to combine an in-depth understanding of Gandhi's philosophy with the latest research from psychology and allied social sciences. Beginning with an overview of wisdom in the domain of scientific research and as it is understood in our everyday life, the book's editors further call attention to key cross cultural issues limiting its current scope. Amongst the topics explored are Gandhi's silence, fasting, vows, self-efficacy, self-control, and more, illustrating what he offers not only to the study of wisdom within psychology, but across a broad range of disciplines and professional enterprises. It is invaluable to students and scholars of Gandhian studies, the psychology of wisdom, management and peace psychology; as well to readers with a general interest in the application of Gandhi's wisdom today.
• Titolo autorizzato: Gandhi's wisdom
• ISBN: 9783030874919; 3030874915
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910523763703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II