Neuroscience, Selflessness, and Spiritual Experience

Explaining the Science of Transcendence
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-08-102218-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 290 g

Neuroscience, Selflessness, and Spiritual Transcendence conveys the manner by which selflessness serves as a neuropsychological and religious foundation for spiritually transcendent experiences. The book combines neurological case studies and neuroscience research with religious accounts of transcendence experiences from the perspective of both the neurosciences and the history of religions. Chapters cover the subjective experience of transcendence, an historical summary of different philosophical and religious perspectives, a review of the neuroscience research that describes the manner by which the brain processes and creates a self, and more.

The book presents a model that bridges the divide between neuroscience and religion, presenting a resource that will be critical reading for advanced students and researchers in both fields.

Zielgruppe

advanced students and researchers in neuroscience, neurology, neuropsychology, and cognitive science, as well as advanced students and researchers in the humanities (such as religious studies and philosophy) studying the neurobiological underpinnings of spiritual experience

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cohen, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Neurobiologie, Verhaltensbiologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Nature of Transcendence1. Introduction2. The Nature of Spiritual Transcendence

The "Self� and Selflessness3. Disorders of the Self4. Neuroscience of the Self5. Neuropsychology of Spiritual Transcendence

Selflessness as the Key to Transcendence6. Faith Traditions, Spiritual Transcendence, and Selflessness7. Universal Neuropsychological Model of Spiritual Transcendence

Applications of selflessness8. Building bridges between Neuroscience and the Humanities

Über Autor(innen)

Cohen, Daniel
Dr. Cohen has degrees in anthropology and biology, and his research focuses on the intersection of religious studies, neuropsychology, and neuroscience. He completed a Fulbright-Hays fellowship in India where he studied cultural interpretations and traditional religious resources used in treating mental health disorders (as understood by western standards), physical ailments, and social tensions. He has published numerous articles on the neuropsychology of spiritual experiences, including studies involving U.S. and South Asian populations.