“Human Spirit” — Visionary Project: Breakthrough for Psychoanalysis — Preservation for Buddhism: A Global Promise for Psychoanalytic Contribution for Weakened Populations
R. Kulka, Iris Gavrieli-Rahabi, Karina Goldberg
October 2, 2020 DOI: 10.1080/07351690.2020.1810533 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
|---|---|
| Topics | Buddhism |
| Key points | The authors propose that Israeli self psychology has developed an ethical-theoretical shift they call "selfobject psychology," which reframes psychoanalysis as contemplative rather than positivistic science. They argue that integrating Buddhist philosophy and methods into psychoanalytic training, as in the "Human Spirit" Psychoanalytic-Buddhist Training Program, will transform psychoanalysis philosophically, paradigmatically, and clinically by cultivating a compassionate, unified presence across personal, interpersonal, and transpersonal dimensions. |
Abstract
ABSTRACT Within the vibrant web of general Israeli psychoanalysis, the Israeli community of self psychology, grounded within Kohutian foundations, has developed an ethical-theoretical shift that can be termed selfobject psychology, a sort of bold proposal to spiritual psychoanalysis. This development enhances the Kohutian revolution of transforming psychoanalysis from the empirical sphere of the positivistic sciences onto an experiential realm of contemplative science. We believe that merging Buddhist philosophy and methodologies within a unique program of psychoanalytic training will impel an evolutionary process that will transform the whole domain of psychoanalysis – philosophically, paradigmatically, and clinically. ‘Human Spirit’ Psychoanalytic-Buddhist Training Program is a framework for psychoanalysts who are immersed in nurturing and refining the spiritual dimension of the mind. The program strives to cultivate a compassionate, transformed and unified psychoanalytic presence, oscillating freely between the personal, the interpersonal, and the transpersonal dimensions of the psychoanalytic space.
Comparable studies
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|---|---|---|---|
| Mental balance and well-being: Building bridges between Buddhism and Western psychology. | 2006 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Buddhist Modernism and the Rhetoric of Meditative Experience | 1995 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Buddhist and Psychological Perspectives on Emotions and Well-Being | 2005 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Too Early to Tell: The Potential Impact and Challenges—Ethical and Otherwise—Inherent in the Mainstreaming of Dharma in an Increasingly Dystopian World | 2017 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| From self to nonself: The Nonself Theory | 2016 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |