Susanne R. Cook-Greuter and Melvin E. Miller – Transcendence and Mature Thought in Adu
This book is one of the very first to concentrate upon positive growth and development in the more advanced years of life. Incorporating both traditional Western paths of development and Eastern, meditative approaches, and both theoretical and empirical material, the contributors explore the many paths to postformal and postconventional development. They challenge the field of psychology to reconsider some of its most fundamental premises concerning how people change and develop over the course of their lives, including many of its conventional metaphysical and ontological assumptions; and they challenge the reader to actively continue his or her own growth process.
Transcendence and Mature Thought in Adulthood takes developmental stage theory beyond the highest levels conceived by theorists such as Piaget, Kohlberg, and Loevinger . . . The book . . . is on the cutting edge of developmental inquiry into the highest of human possibilities. (Michael Washburn, Indiana University, South Bend)
The most sustained and sophisticated conversation between constructive-developmental and transpersonal psychologies available in print. The result is a wonderfully demanding and rewarding collection of chapters beyond the cutting edge! (Robert Kegan, Harvard University)
About the Author
Melvin E. Miller is Associate Professor of Psychology at Norwich University, a past President of the New England Psychological Association, and editor of Higher Stages of Human Development
Suzanne R. Cook-Greuter is a doctoral student in the Department of Human Development at Harvard University.
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