Beyond Ego's Domain: Emotion, Rationality and Praj nana

Ramashray Roy
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Ramashray Roy: Indian Institute of Advanced Studies Shimla

Psychology and Developing Societies, 1999, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-24

Abstract: This article discusses the salience of emotions in human behaviour. Examining different areas of human knowledge, the article argues that Descartes' position led to the suppression of emotions in knowledge construction and established the primacy of objective knowledge. More recent perspectives are descrihed which suggest that emotions constitute the framework of rationality. Three key issues related to the nature of rationality and "appropriate" emotions and the Jungian solution of the integration of reason and emotion are identified. A critique of the different paradigms of rationality: Platonic (including Socrates), Enlightenment (Hobbes), and Hegelian is presented and their implications for resolving these issues are discussed. An analysis of these three paradigms indicates that it is not rationality per se but the world-view in which rationality is embedded that defines the purpose of human life. The article focuses on the reintegration of reason and emotion at a higher level which is symbolised by the self. In this context, the Vedic perspective which stresses the need to rise above nature to gain an understanding of reality is discussed.

Date: 1999
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