Sri Aurobindo's Vision of Integral Human Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: The Need for a New Psychology of Human Development

   • Monica Gupta

   Pages 1-17

3. The Process of Individual Evolution: Moving Towards a Gnostic Individuality

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   Pages 19-50

4. The Process of Social Evolution: The Human Cycle

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   Pages 51-66

5. The Contemporary Discipline of Human Development: The Dominant Metatheories

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   Pages 67-88

6. Sri Aurobindo’s Perspective on Evolution of Consciousness: The Metatheory

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   Pages 89-130

7. Designing a Future Discipline of Human Development: The Agenda

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   Pages 131-149

8. Applying the New Agenda of Human Development

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   Pages 151-167

9. Back Matter

   Pages 169-181

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This book explores the integral vision of human development contained in the original works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. It delves into multiple layers of the human personality as envisaged by Sri Aurobindo and The Mother and explores a new developmental science of consciousness based on the practice of Integral Yoga. The book examines the major metatheoretical conceptions that shape the contemporary discipline of developmental psychology and discusses the ways in which Sri Aurobindo’s philosophical and psychological perspective can help break fresh ground for developmental theorisation and research by extending the current understanding of the human evolutionary potential.

The author proposes a new agenda for human development which brings together the key ideas of integral individual and collective development and informs practices in the areas of counselling, education, parenting and self-development. This book will be of special interest for researchers of developmental psychology, human development, counselling psychology, philosophy, social work and education.

• Alternate agenda of human development
• Aurobindo and the Mother
• Aurobindo's concept of psychological stages
• Aurobindo's principles of progress and perfection
• Indian psychology
• Integral human development
• Integral psychology
• Metatheory of human development
• Multiple planes of consciousness
• Unity of consciousness
• Yogic methodology

• Department of Elementary Education, Gargi College, University of Delhi, Noida, India

  Monica Gupta

Monica Gupta is Assistant Professor, Department of Elementary Education, Gargi College, University of Delhi. She is also closely associated with International Centre for Integral Studies, Gnostic Centre and New Delhi in an honorary capacity. She is interested in exploring new formats of learning and research expressing the deeper subjective and spiritual modes of being based on Sri Aurobindo's and The Mother’s writings. Her work extends to areas like Integral Education, Integral Psychology and Self Development and Teacher education curriculum renewal.

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