A systemic history of the Middle Way : its biological, psycho-developmental, and cultural conditions / Robert M. Ellis.
| Author/creator | Ellis, Robert M. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Sheffield, Bristol CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2024. |
| Description | x, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Middle Way philosophy Middle way philosophy ; volume III. ^A1455400 |
| Contents | Introduction -- 1. Conflict and integration in organic systems -- 2. Stages of psychological development -- 3. Provisionality and absolutization in human culture -- 4. A history of integrative practices -- Conclusion -- The old and new Middle Way Philosophy series -- Bibliography. |
| Abstract | "This book examines the history of the Middle Way in four inter-related ways: as the biological development of organisms in relation to reinforcing or balancing feedback loops, as the psychological development of individual humans during a lifetime, as a succession of reinforcing and balancing feedback tendencies in human culture through history, and as a successive development of integrative practice. This shows how the Middle Way is a path distinctive to the human response to complexity, but nevertheless one rooted in the wider processes of all life. In the process it provides a detailed exploration of the relationship between the Middle Way and systems theory, biology, developmental psychology, and world history"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Ellis, Robert M. Systemic history of the Middle Way Bristol : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2024 9781800504509 |
| LCCN | 2023053416 |
| ISBN | 9781800504493 |
| ISBN | 9781800504486 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1800504489 |
| ISBN | 1800504497 |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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