| Titel: | Vaisnavism and the social and mental health sciences |
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| Autor: | Wolf, D |
| Mediengruppe: | journal article |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | Journal of Indian Psychology |
| Jahr: | 2002 |
| Band: | 20 |
| Heft: | 1 |
| Seiten: | --- |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Abstract: | Provides a Vaisnava view of major paradigms of Western sociological theory, including discussion of ontological, epistemological and methodological issues in the social and mental health sciences. Practical applications of scientific methods to Vaisnava theory and practices are discussed. These applications are based on validation of guna theory, and a survey study of the gunas is described. Conclusions of the paper include the unsuitability of Western frameworks for study of Vedic social science, and the capacity for Vaisnava approaches to inform theoretical and practical discussions in the sociological and psychological disciplines. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2002 APA, all rights reserved) |