Absolutization

The Source of Dogma, Repression, and Conflict

by Robert M. Ellis

Book cover: Absolutization

Extent: 224 pages

Publisher: Equinox Publishing

Subjects: Buddhist Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies

Series: Middle Way Philosophy

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(September 2022)

ISBN: 9781800502062

6.1 x 9.17 inches

Price: $32.00

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Hardback (Published)

(September 2022)

ISBN: 9781800502055

6.1 x 9.17 inches

Price: $100.00

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What do dogma, repression and conflict have in common? They all result from human judgement blocked from wider understanding by a false assumption of completeness. This book puts forward a theory of absolutization, bringing together a multi-disciplinary understanding of this central flaw in human judgement, and what we can do about it. This approach, drawing on Buddhist thought and practice, philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, embodied meaning and systems theory, offers a rigorous introduction to absolutization as the central problem addressed in Middle Way Philosophy, which is a synthetic approach developed by the author over more than twenty years in a series of books. It challenges disciplinary boundaries as well as offering a substantial framework for practical application.

  • By (author) Robert M. Ellis