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About the Book

The collection of papers in this book published in India and abroad, bring up a synthesis of Sufi and Vedantic concepts and the ideas originating in Humanistic and Existential Psychology. The authors have demonstrated the heuristic power of these concepts giving a fresh orientation in psychological thought providing an academic base for National Integration. The authors have intended to bring up the Sufi and Vedantic tradition in their meaning for the conditions as they exist today. They believe that National integration has no base in the absence of these traditions that now call for their scientific interpretation. These papers are therefore an attempt to provide a scientifically oriented conceptual base for a meaningful approach to National integration which over loaded with political ideas.

About the Authors

Moazziz Ali Beg is an Internationally known psycholo-gist and has lectured in many Indian Universities and also in Universities of Munich, California and Georgia where his work initiated considerable research on the Sufi and Vedantic thought. He taught in the Department of Psychology till 1989, till his retirement from there as Professor and Chairman of Department of Psychology. He joined Maharishi Dayanand University at Rohtak in 1990-91 as Visiting Professor, and latter on he joined the University of Roorkee as Visiting Scholar in 1991 and left in 1993. He is the member of the Association of Humanistic Psychology, International Philosophers for Peace, University of Virginia, Chairman, Association of World Citizens (Lucknow Chapter), and Academic Associate of the Department of Higher Education, Lucknow University.

Sangeeta Gupta Beg took her Ph.D in Psychology from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra. She is author of many papers published in India and abroad, and has presented papers in Seminars held in the Deptt. of Higher Studies in Education, Lucknow University where she is working as Research Associate. Her work is focused upon the Vedantic orientation in Psychology carrying high appreciation from  scholars of Finland, Germany and England.