Audiobooks by Abraham H. Maslow

Religions, Values, and Peak-Experiences Audiobook

Religions, Values, and Peak-Experiences by Abraham H. Maslow explores the profound connection between human psychology, spirituality, and the quest for meaning beyond organized religion. Maslow presents the concept of 'peak experiences'—moments of intense joy, insight, and transcendence—as universal human experiences that shape our values and provide a sense of purpose. He argues that these experiences, often associated with religious epiphanies, are not exclusive to faith-based traditions but are instead part of the natural human condition. By distinguishing between institutionalized religion and personal spirituality, Maslow advocates for a more secular, humanistic approach to spiritual fulfillment. The book challenges traditional ideas of morality and religiosity, encouraging readers to seek self-actualization and embrace life’s most profound moments of awe and wonder as essential to personal growth and psychological well-being.

Abraham H. Maslow (Author), John Riddle (Narrator)

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Farthest Reaches of Human Nature, The: 1967 Recordings

Abraham H. Maslow (Author), Abraham H. Maslow (Narrator)

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Toward a Psychology of Being

This book is a continuation of my Motivation and Personality, published in 1954. It was constructed in about the same way, that is, by doing one piece at a time of the larger theoretical structure. It is a predecessor to work yet to be done toward the construction of a comprehensive, systematic, and empirically based general psychology and philosophy which includes both the depths and the heights of human nature. The last chapter is to some extent a program for this future work, and serves as a bridge to it. It is a first attempt to integrate the 'health-and-growth psychology' with psychopathology and psychoanalytic dynamics, the dynamic with the holistic, Becoming with Being, good with evil, positive with negative. Phrased in another way, it is an effort to build on the general psychoanalytic base and on the scientific-positivistic base of experimental psychology, the Eupsychian, B-psychological, and metamotivational superstructure which these two systems lack, going beyond their limits. It is very difficult, I have found, to communicate to others my simultaneous respect for and impatience with these two comprehensive psychologies. So many people insist on being either pro-Freudian or anti-Freudian, pro-scientific-psychology or anti-scientific-psychology, etc. In my opinion all such loyalty-positions are silly. Our job is to integrate these various truths into the whole truth, which should be our only loyalty. ©1962 Abraham H. Maslow (P)2018 BN Publishing

Abraham H. Maslow (Author), John Clickman (Narrator)

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The Farther Reaches of Human Nature

Abraham H. Maslow was one of the foremost spokespersons of humanistic psychology. In The Farthest Reaches of Human Nature, an extension of his classic Toward a Psychology of Being, Maslow explores the complexities of human nature by using both the empirical methods of science and the aesthetics of philosophical inquiry. With essays on biology, synergy, creativity, cognition, self-actualization, and the hierarchy of needs, this posthumous work is a wide-ranging synthesis of Maslow's inspiring and influential ideas.

Abraham H. Maslow (Author), Tom Perkins (Narrator)

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A Theory of Human Motivation

This is the article in which Maslow first presented his hierarchy of needs. It was first printed in his 1943 paper 'A Theory of Human Motivation'. Maslow subsequently extended the idea to include his observations of humans' innate curiosity. His theories parallel many other theories of human developmental psychology, some of which focus on describing the stages of growth in humans. Maslow described various needs and used the terms Physiological, Safety, Belongingness and Love, Esteem, Self-Actualization, and Self-Transcendence' to describe the pattern that human motivations generally move through. Maslow studied what he called exemplary people such as Albert Einstein, Jane Addams, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Frederick Douglass rather than mentally ill or neurotic people.

Abraham H. Maslow (Author), Troy W. Hudson (Narrator)

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A Theory of Human Motivation

Abraham H. Maslow (Author), Troy W. Hudson (Narrator)

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Toward a Psychology of Being

This book is a continuation of my Motivation and Personality, published in 1954. It was constructed in about the same way, that is, by doing one piece at a time of the larger theoretical structure. It is a predecessor to work yet to be done toward the construction of a comprehensive, systematic and empirically based general psychology and philosophy which includes both the depths and the heights of human nature. The last chapter is to some extent a program for this future work, and serves as a bridge to it. It is a first attempt to integrate the 'health-and-growth psychology' with psychopathology and psychoanalytic dynamics, the dynamic with the holistic, Becoming with Being, good with evil, positive with negative. Phrased in another way, it is an effort to build on the general psychoanalytic base and on the scientific-positivistic base of experimental psychology, the Eupsychian, B-psychological and metamotivational superstructure which these two systems lack, going beyond their limits. It is very difficult, I have found, to communicate to others my simultaneous respect for and impatience with these two comprehensive psychologies. So many people insist on being either pro-Freudian or anti-Freudian, pro-scientific-psychology or anti-scientific-psychology, etc. In my opinion all such loyalty-positions are silly. Our job is to integrate these various truths into the whole truth, which should be our only loyalty.

Abraham H. Maslow (Author), John Clickman (Narrator)

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