Publicación: Las raíces de la Psicología Positiva
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2012
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Sánchez González, José Carlos
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La Psicología Positiva se apoya en un peculiar modelo de individuo desarrollado en la cultura popular estadounidense desde finales del s. XVIII. Este modelo, al que hemos llamado individualismo "positivo", arranca con el Trascendentalismo de Emerson y su defensa, contra el puritanismo, del individuo como una esencia capaz de autodeterminarse, autoconocerse y desarrollarse ilimitadamente, gracias a que forma parte de la Divinidad. A partir de aquí, nuevos movimientos más "prácticos", como el Nuevo Pensamiento, o el Pensamiento Positivo, enfatizaron, a través de cientos de manuales de autoayuda, el poder del pensamiento individual para imponerse a la materia y al mundo y curar directamente la enfermedad, atraer la riqueza y la salud y conseguir la felicidad. Enfoques alternativos, también genuinamente americanos, como el de John Dewey, criticaron en su momento ese modelo de individualidad y ofrecieron alternativas teóricas apoyadas en ciertos desarrollos del Funcionalismo y en una agenda política diferente. La Psicología Positiva hoy trata de distanciarse de los aspectos metafísicos más ostensibles del individualismo "positivo", pero mantiene aquella concepción ahistórica, asocial y subjetivista del individuo
Positive Psychology is based on a particular model of the individual that was developed in the popular culture of the United States from the end of the eighteen century. This model, that we have called "positive" individualism, started with Emerson´s Trascendentalism by defending, against puritanism, that the individual, as a part of Divinity, is an essence capable of self-command, self-exploration and endless self-development. On this basis, but in a more "practical" vein and supported by hundreds of self-help manuals, movements like the New Thought or the Positive Thought emphasized the power of individual´s thinking over the matter and the world to mentally cure illness, to attract wealth and achievement, and to self-fulfill the promise of happiness. A critical examination and an alternative to this model of individuality was already offered by genuine american academic psychology, such as John Dewey´s, based upon functionalist psychology and anti-essentialist principles and guided by an alternative political agenda. Current Positive Psychology moves away from the most striking metaphysics of "positive" individualism, but maintains its ahistorical, asocial and subjectivist conception of the individual
Positive Psychology is based on a particular model of the individual that was developed in the popular culture of the United States from the end of the eighteen century. This model, that we have called "positive" individualism, started with Emerson´s Trascendentalism by defending, against puritanism, that the individual, as a part of Divinity, is an essence capable of self-command, self-exploration and endless self-development. On this basis, but in a more "practical" vein and supported by hundreds of self-help manuals, movements like the New Thought or the Positive Thought emphasized the power of individual´s thinking over the matter and the world to mentally cure illness, to attract wealth and achievement, and to self-fulfill the promise of happiness. A critical examination and an alternative to this model of individuality was already offered by genuine american academic psychology, such as John Dewey´s, based upon functionalist psychology and anti-essentialist principles and guided by an alternative political agenda. Current Positive Psychology moves away from the most striking metaphysics of "positive" individualism, but maintains its ahistorical, asocial and subjectivist conception of the individual
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Psicología positiva, Historia crítica, Individualismo, Individualismo “positivo”, Trascendentalismo, Nuevo pensamiento, Autoayuda, Positive psychology, Critical history, Individualism, “Positive” individualism, trascendentalism, New thought, Self-help
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Cabanas Díaz, Edgar; Sánchez González, José Carlos. (2012). Las raíces de la psicología positiva. Papeles Del Psicologo, 33(3), 172–182. https://www.papelesdelpsicologo.es/pdf/2136.pdf
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Facultades y escuelas::Facultad de Filosofía
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Filosofía