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Title: Suffering from biobabble : searching for a science of subjectivity
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: Polly Young-Eisendrath

Description: In this chapter from the book Psychology and Buddhism: From Individual to Global Community, the author discusses recent trends in society of attributing the causes of suffering and behavior to external, purely biological causes, while ignoring the role of subjectivity, the mind, meaning, personal responsibility and intentions. As a working psychologist and psychotherapist, the author finds this recent trend troubling. The author suggests Buddhism has an alternative approach to understanding the mind and behavior which looks at suffering in terms of both mental and physical causes. The author outlines the Buddhist view of suffering (or dukkha in Sanskrit), in a larger effort of seeking out a science of subjectivity. (Zach Rowinski 2005-01-02)

Publisher Place: New York, NY
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Normalized publisher place: New York, NY
Publisher country: United States
Publisher URL: http://isbndb.com/d/publisher/kluwer_academic_plenum_publish.html
Published Date: 2003
Subject: Genetics
Science of mind
Depression
Psychodynamics
Science of subjectivity
Biobabble
Suffering
Classification: Buddhism and Science -- International Science -- Psychology -- Clinical Psychology
Cultural Coverage: Euro-American
Temporal coverage: 21st century CE
Language: English
Series Title: International and cultural psychology series
Series editor: Anthony J. Marsella
Series 2 editor:
Source URL: http://isbndb.com/d/book/psychology_and_buddhism.html"
Source: Psychology and Buddhism : From individual to global community
Source Editor: Kathleen H Dockett
G Rita Dudley-Grant
C Peter Bankart
Source Type: Collected Volume (single author)
Source Page Numbers: 125-138
ISBN/ISSN: 0306474123
Format: Print media (print or manuscript, including PDFs)
Resource Type: Chapter (multi-author book)
Release Flag: OK for viewing
Date Of Record Creation: 2005-03-22 12:18:50
Date Last Modified: 2006-05-15 16:48:48
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