UID:
almahu_9949641863202882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781003385936
,
1003385931
,
9781003802440
,
1003802443
,
9781003801047
,
1003801048
Series Statement:
Routledge research in psychology
Content:
"This book is an anthology of commentary and criticism written within the transitional period between Alan Watts' 1973 death and the twenty-first century intellectual horizon. Comprised of 16 essays written and published between 1974 and 1994, with up-to-date introductions from the essayists and other contemporary thinkers, this volume opens a window onto unexplored grounds of Alan Watts' impact within late-twentieth-century discourse - an intermediate space where scholars reoriented their bearings through changing times and emerging academic trends. Offering varied explanations and assessments of Alan Watts, including his influence on the Beat and Hippie generations, and his popularization of Zen Buddhism in America, it tackles unaddressed questions within the milieu of late-twentieth century America from the Reagan Revolution and religious conservatism, to paradigm shifts in Buddhist studies and the rise of post-colonial theory. Contributors' post-mortem analyses and critiques of Watts allow for a thematic rendering of their consonance or dissonance with noted Beat, Hippie, and Zen Buddhism themes of his lifetime. This volume will appeal to scholars and students of humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, the psychology of religion, comparative religion, and American studies"--
Note:
Introduction: Alan Watts : there and then / Peter J. Columbus -- The vintage Alan Watts. Prefatory note / Peter J. Columbus ; Essay / Albert W. Sadler -- The complete Alan Watts. Prefatory note / Peter J. Columbus ; Essay / Albert W. Sadler -- Alan Watts' metaphysical language : positivity in negative concepts / Michael Brannigan -- The theory of non-duality in the philosophy of Alan W. Watts / Michael Brannigan -- Alan Watts and the therapeutic process. Prefatory note / Peter J. Columbus ; Essay / Dennis T. Sibley -- Daemon est deus Inversus : the androgynous dialectics of Alan Watts. Prefatory note / Peter J. Columbus ; Essay / Alfred L. Recoulley -- "Beyond separation". Prefatory note / Juliet Bennett ; Essay / John H. Morgan -- Alan Watts's word on myths of polarity: power to women, nature, and the left hand of God / Dirk Dunbar -- The meeting of the Twain : Alan Watts and the supreme identity. Prefatory note / by Peter J. Columbus ; Essay /by O'Hyun Park -- The mystical philosophy of Alan Watts. Prefatory note / Peter J. Columbus ; Essay / Herman F. Suligoj -- An evaluation of Watts / David K. Clark -- Alan Watts was sure one strange kinda Chinaman! / Benjamin R. Tong -- The wayward mysticism of Alan Watts. Prefatory note / Alexander H. Catlin ; Essay / Louis Nordstrom and Richard Pilgrim -- A response to Nordstrom and Pilgrim's critique of Alan Watts' mysticism / Peter J. Columbus -- Zen, mysticism, and counter-culture : the pilgrimage of Alan Watts. Prefatory note / Peter J. Columbus ; Essay / Carl T. Jackson -- The influence of Oriental mysticism on American thought. Prefatory note / Morgan Shipley ; Essay / Reed M. Baird -- Editor's conclusion: Alan Watts : yesterday and today / Peter J. Columbus.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Alan Watts in late-twentieth-century discourse New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 ISBN 9781032471358
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003385936
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003385936
