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    This document provides a critique of the self-actualization theories of Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow. It argues that neither theory is correct. Rogers' theory is unacceptable because his conception of self-actualization is false, incoherent, and unworkable. Maslow's theory must be rejected because his explanation of human diminution undermines the theory's foundations, and his view of human development is reductionist and mistaken, preventing an adequate account of self and needs. Both theories also have a strong ideological element in that they express and support relationships of dehumanization. The document concludes that self-actualization theory in general has little to offer understanding and improving the human condition.

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    This document provides a critique of the self-actualization theories of Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow. It argues that neither theory is correct. Rogers' theory is unacceptable because his conception of self-actualization is false, incoherent, and unworkable. Maslow's theory must be rejected because his explanation of human diminution undermines the theory's foundations, and his view of human development is reductionist and mistaken, preventing an adequate account of self and needs. Both theories also have a strong ideological element in that they express and support relationships of dehumanization. The document concludes that self-actualization theory in general has little to offer understanding and improving the human condition.

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    This document provides a critique of the self-actualization theories of Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow. It argues that neither theory is correct. Rogers' theory is unacceptable because his conception of self-actualization is false, incoherent, and unworkable. Maslow's theory must be rejected because his explanation of human diminution undermines the theory's foundations, and his view of human development is reductionist and mistaken, preventing an adequate account of self and needs. Both theories also have a strong ideological element in that they express and support relationships of dehumanization. The document concludes that self-actualization theory in general has little to offer understanding and improving the human condition.

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    Critique On Maslow Rogers

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    This document provides a critique of the self-actualization theories of Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow. It argues that neither theory is correct. Rogers' theory is unacceptable because his conception of self-actualization is false, incoherent, and unworkable. Maslow's theory must be rejected because his explanation of human diminution undermines the theory's foundations, and his view of human development is reductionist and mistaken, preventing an adequate account of self and needs. Both theories also have a strong ideological element in that they express and support relationships of dehumanization. The document concludes that self-actualization theory in general has little to offer understanding and improving the human condition.

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    The Failure of Self-Actualization Theory

    A Critique of Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow


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    Leonard Geller1

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    1.

    230 Arno Road, Venice, Florida 33595.

    Abstract

    This inquiry critically examines the self-actualization theories of Carl Rogers and Abraham
    Maslow. Neither theory, it is argued, is correct. The fundamental claims of each, especially about
    the self and the human condition, are shown to be radically mistaken. Rogers's theory is
    unacceptable insofar as his conception of the touchstone or standard of self-actualization is false,
    incoherent, and unworkable in practice. Maslow's theory must be rejected because of an
    inadequate anthropodicy (theory of evil) and ontology. First, Maslow's explanation of one major
    form of human diminution, what he calls the "metapathologies" of contemporary life, undermines
    the normative foundations of his theory. Second, the logic of human development upon which the
    entire edifice of his theory rests is shown to be essentially reductionist and radically mistaken.
    Because of this commitment to a reductionist logic, Maslow is unable in principle to offer an
    adequate account of the origin and nature of the self and human needs. Beyond considerations of
    truth, each theory is exposed has having a strong ideological character insofar as it expresses
    and supports relationships of dehumanization. Beyond critiquing Rogers and Maslow, I attempt to
    establish the general presumption that self-actualization theory as such has very little to offer
    toward understanding and improving the human condition within late-twentieth-century Western
    society

    Toward a Humanistic-Phenomenological Spirituality


    Definition, Description, and Measurement
    1.
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    5.

    David N. Elkins,
    L. James Hedstrom,
    Lori L. Hughes,
    J. Andrew Leaf and
    Cheryl Saunders1

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    1.

    Pepperdine University

    Abstract

    This is an account of research on spirituality being conducted by a group of professors and


    students at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology of Pepperdine University. The
    article presents a humanistic definition and description of spirituality based on the writings of
    Abraham Maslow, John Dewey, William James, Carl Jung, and others. A preliminary report is also
    made on the development of the Spiritual Orientation Inventory, a measure of spirituality based
    on the humanistic model and designed to assess the spirituality of those not affiliated with
    traditional religion.

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