Transpersonal research methods for the social sciences : honoring human experience /

Transpersonal research methods for the social sciences : honoring human experience / [edited by] William Braud, Rosemarie Anderson. - xxxi, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-306) and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- Critiques and Extensions -- Conventional and Expanded Views of Research -- A Preview of New Methods -- Expanded Methods of Disciplined Inquiry -- Integral Inquiry: Complementary Ways of Knowing, Being, and Expression -- Intuitive Inquiry: A Transpersonal Approach -- Transpersonal Awareness in Phenomenological Inquiry: Philosophy, Reflections, and Recent Research -- Organic Research: Feminine Spirituality Meets Transpersonal Research -- Becoming More Human as We Work: The Reflexive Role of Exceptional Human Experience -- Applying the Principles: Selected Examples -- Alternative Ways of Knowing (Encountering and Collecting Data) -- Images and Symbols -- Novel Interviews -- Direct Knowing -- Knowing Through Art -- Integral Inquiry -- Alternative Ways of Working With Data (Engaging and Confronting Data) -- Levels of Listening -- Internal Events and Archetypes -- Knowing Through Moving -- Setting Intention and Assessing Change -- Alternative Ways of Presenting Results (Expressing and Communicating Findings) -- Integrated, Feminist Writing -- Reader-Interactive Creative Synthesis -- Iterative Reflections -- Unplanned Participant Outcomes -- Further Extensions -- An Expanded View of Validity -- Additional Suggestions, Ethical Considerations, and Future Challenges -- Synopses of Five Transpersonal Approaches to Research -- Synopses of Six Related Research Approaches -- Synopses of 17 Conventional Methods of Disciplined Inquiry -- Centers for Transpersonal Studies -- References -- Index -- About the Contributors. Pt. I. 1. 2. Pt. II. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Pt. III. 8. 9. 10. Pt. IV. 11. 12. App. A. App. B. App. C.

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Psychology--Research--Methodology
Transpersonal psychology--Research--Methodology
Social sciences--Research--Methodology.

BF76.5. / T73 1998

150.198

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