Humanism and Individualism: Maslow and his Critics
Open Access
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Adult Education Quarterly
- Vol. 50 (1) , 41-55
- https://doi.org/10.1177/07417139922086902
Abstract
This analysis explores the philosophical issue of the individual-society relationship through a focus on Abraham Maslow's humanistic psychology and its significant influence on adult education in the United States. Analyzing the points of contention between the key assumptions of Maslow and recent critics, particularly Marxist and postmodernist scholars, the study concludes with perspectives that do not abandon humanistic possibilities while pinpointing its problems.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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