Culture, Human Energy, and Self-Actualization
A Sociological Offering To Humanistic Psychology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9021846 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Marks, Stephen R Marks (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 27-42 |
| Publication date | 1979-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002216787901900308 |
| OpenAlex | W2017422643 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 13 |
I have long felt the crippling impact of disciplinary boundaries. Being both a sociologist and a humanist is an especially uneasy combination. Since sociology tends to have a grossly underestimated conception of human potential, I often seek intellectual refuge in humanistic psychology. There, however, I often feel like an alien intruder. The basic sociological paradigm (which I accept) tells me that culture is an extraordinarily potent shaper of human character But many humanistic psychologists (Maslow included) tell me that to self-actualize is to step outside one's culture and its shaping influence. How, then, can I intellectually honor that which is fully human, yet do so as a sociologist? My solution is to try to insinuate some room for a sociological perspective into humanistic psychology while still retaining the latter's vision of human potential. In this article I focus on some qualities of metamotivation and metapathology as products of particular kinds of culture. Specifically, I look at high and low human energy states and their linkages to different cultural commitments
Discipline · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Fundamental human needs · Honor · Human science · Humanism · Humanistic psychology · Maslow's hierarchy of needs · Perspective (graphical · Social science · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Psychological and Educational Research Studies · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
Transpersonal Sociology
Religion and Spiritual Experience
Explaining Role Strain
The Transition to Parenthood and the Social Reality of Time
Multiple Roles and the Self
A Marxist Theory of Self-Actualization
Work, Family, and Well-Being at Midlife
The Marriage Relationship During the Transition to Parenthood
Toward a psychology of being.
The Functional Prerequisites of a Society
Protestant Ethic and the ‘Spirit of Capitalism’
Mental Health and Selective Detachment from Culture
The Humanistic Challenge To Sociology
Multiple Roles and Role Strain
A Theory of Role Strain
The Joyful Community
Marriage and Work in America
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1983 - 2015 (33) |
| Highly cited | No |