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ISBN 10: 0367640384

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Author: Peter J Columbus

Whilst accounting for the present-day popularity and relevance of Alan Watts’ contributions to psychology, religion, arts, and humanities, this interdisciplinary collection grapples with the ongoing criticisms which surround Watts’ life and work. Offering rich examination of as yet underexplored aspects of Watts’ influence in 1960s counterculture, this volume offers unique application of Watts’ thinking to contemporary issues and critically engages with controversies surrounding the commodification of Watts’ ideas, his alleged misreading of Biblical texts, and his apparent distortion of Asian religions and spirituality. Featuring a broad range of international contributors and bringing Watts’ ideas squarely into the contemporary context, the text provides a comprehensive, yet nuanced exploration of Watts’ thinking on psychotherapy, Buddhism, language, music, and sexuality. This text will benefit researchers, doctoral students, and academics in the fields of psychotherapy, phenomenology, and the philosophy of psychology more broadly. Those interested in Jungian psychotherapy, spirituality, and the self and social identity will also enjoy this volume.

The Relevance of Alan Watts in Contemporary Culture Understanding Contributions and Controversies 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Humanistic Psychology

Chapter 1: Jung Watts: Notes on C. G. Jung’s Formative Influence on Alan Watts

“Difficulties Encountered by a European in Trying to Understand the East”

“Modern Psychology Offers a Possibility of Understanding”

The Shadow Side of Alan Watts

Conclusion

Acknowledgment

References

Chapter 2: Alan Watts and the Re-Visioning of Psychotherapy

Articulating the Ineffable

The Bateson Communication Project

Rollo May, Erich Fromm, and Sociocultural Critique

Social Construction and Eastern Philosophical Influences

Simplicity and a Not-Knowing Perspective

Conclusion

Acknowledgment

References

Chapter 3: Psychotherapy East and West: A Retrospective Review

Part I: 1961–1970

Criticism and Commentary

Part II: Subsequent Analyses

Academic and Literary Reviews: 1970s – 1980s

Orientalism and Postmodernism

Conclusion: Psychotherapy East and West in the 21st Century

Acknowledgment

References

Chapter 4: Alan Watts and Neurophenomenology

Alan Watts and Humanistic Psychology

Francisco Varela and Neurophenomenology

Watts, Varela, and Radical Empiricism

Embodied Cognition

The Specious Present

Conclusion

Acknowledgment

References

Chapter 5: Alan Watts and the Infinite Game: Playing Everything

Watts as a Game: A Critique of Everything

Unfortunate Marriages in the Gameful World

Simulation, Games and the Turn of a Friendly Card

The Infinite Game: A Conclusion

References

Part II: Comparative Religion and Philosophy

Chapter 6: Alan Watts, Psychedelic Buddhism, and Religious Play in Postwar America

Responding to Estrangement

Enframing Psychedelic Buddhism

From Discord to Unity

Conclusion

Acknowledgment

References

Chapter 7: Alan Watts and the Occultism of Aquarian Religion: Square Gnosis, Beat Eros

Watts and the Enframing of Occultism

Watts and Gnostic Occultism

Deeper Gnosis: Flowering Eros

(Re)reading Watts in the Aquarian Bildung

Acknowledgment

References

Chapter 8: Alan Watts and Secular Competence in Religious Praxis

The Secular Watts

The Doing of Religion: The Pragmatic Watts

Moral Competence as Successful “Religioning”: The Art of Living with Alan Watts

Conclusion: The Complete Insecurity of Alan Watts

Acknowledgment

References

Chapter 9: The Holistic Negation of Alan Watts: Reclaiming Value in the Void

Buddhist and Existential Nothingness

Watts Contra Sartre: Anxiety and Temporality

Capitalist Realism and the Law of Reversed Effort

Watts and Industrial Modernity: Immersion in the Void

References

Chapter 10: Alan Watts’ “Dramatic Model” and the Pursuit of Peace

Three Models of the Universe

The Ceramic Model

The Fully-Automatic Model

The Dramatic Model

Implications for Peace

Inner and Global Peace

Social Justice and Ecological Harmony

Conclusion

Acknowledgment

References

Part III: Arts & Humanities

Chapter 11: Reminiscences of Alan Watts’ Last Summer: “You Can Tell a Yogi by His Laugh”

Beyond the Box

Cloud Hidden

This Dewdrop World

Acknowledgment

References and Relevant Reading

Chapter 12: Literary Nonsense as Enactment of Alan Watts’ Philosophy: “Not Just Blathering Balderdash”

Are You Experienced?

A World of Nonsense

How to Experience IT: Music, Poetry, and Finally, Nonsense

Closing Ditargument…

Chapter 13: Alan Watts, Ali Akbar Khan, and Hindustani Music in the Psychedelic Sixties

Modes of Engagement

Indian Music and Psychedelic Experience

Conclusion

References

Chapter 14: Alan Watts and his Queer Readers: Not So Strange Bedfellows

Queer Remix in the Homophile Communication Network

Between Opposite and Different: Watts’ Writings on Sexuality and Gender

Unintentional Communities: The Circle of Sex Goes Mainstream

“Defining Yourself is Like Biting Your Own Teeth”: The Queer Remixing of Alan Watts

A Concluding Note on Alan Watts and Camp

Notes

References

Editor’s Conclusion

Alan Watts: A Revised Bibliographic Resource

Alan Watts’ Major Books

Posthumous Works

Writings on the Life, Work, and Influence of Alan Watts Books

Articles & Chapters

Dissertations and Theses

Doctoral Dissertations

Masters Theses

Undergraduate Theses

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