Editorial: Eastern Philosophies and Psychology: Towards Psychology of Self-Cultivation

Hwang, Kwang‐Kuo; Shiah, Yung‐Jong; Yit, Kin-Tung

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01083

Cited by 21 publications

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“…2021a, p. 616). Elsewhere, he repeats that his program of “integrating Western and Eastern philosophies may open a new field of psychology for self-cultivation to compete with… the values of hedonism , individualism , and utilitarianism ” (Hwang et al, 2017, p. 2, emphasis added).…”

Section: Stage Three: Experimental Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hwang’s Philosophy for Developing an Indigenous Cultural Psychology

McWhorter¹

2023

Culture & Psychology

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Kwang-Kuo Hwang provides numerous recommendations for how to develop an indigenous cultural psychology. These recommendations may be understood to suggest proceeding according to three stages: (1) beginning with philosophical reflection on the meaning of modernization and exploring the topics of reality and structure (where such reflections ground one’s subsequent development of meta-models concerning self and social interaction), (2) adopting such meta-models as a hermeneutic for interpreting texts associated with one’s cultural tradition, and (3) conducting experimental studies on the basis of hypotheses derived from such cultural interpretations. Hwang’s philosophy is valuable in that it exemplifies a postmodern approach to cultural psychology that integrates traditional pre-modern forms of wisdom with modern methods of scientific investigation.

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Section: Stage Three: Experimental Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hwang’s Philosophy for Developing an Indigenous Cultural Psychology

McWhorter¹

2023

Culture & Psychology

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“…These relationships are accorded by norms of humanity, which entail both rights and responsibilities for each member of an organization (Fairbank, 1966). This harmony would be obtained if each member of the organization is conscientious in complying with the requirements of his or her role or job Hwang et al, 2017). Any failure to follow would endanger the relationship and disrupt the organization's harmony (Jacobs et al, 1995).…”

Section: Cosmogony and Creationmentioning

confidence: 99%

A PATOP Study of Philosophy and Business Management: Western vs. Chinese Business Structures in Taiwan

Huang

2021

SCMJ

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Introduction. Alignment between the philosophical value of the Western parent company and the structure of the local organization is essential to improve managing effectiveness and worker productivity. The alignment may need adjustment while considering whether a Western model is fitted into the Chinese workgroup. This study examines the philosophical value concerning business management within an organization and then explores which value is applicable to the modern Chinese structure in the context of Taiwan. Purpose and methods. The purpose is the holistic view of the Chinese model, as opposed to the separated approach of the West. It does not attempt to find the best philosophical framework of business management for local Chinese structure in Taiwan, as such a framework probably does not exist. Instead, it explores the specific phenomena considered during the process of emergence of business management framework when comparing philosophical value for both selected cases of Western and Chinese enterprises. The case study and PATOP model were used. Results. As a result, there has no single model that is absolutely appropriate to both business and people in one way or the other. Both Chinese and Western philosophical ways of doing business have merits and weaknesses, as illustrated. The implication of the results is the emerged PATOP model. The model indicates an ideal work environment where the Western approach is applicable to the Chinese structure in Taiwan. Conclusions. It concludes that the philosophical approach in doing business within the Chinese structure is erected in a way of “Middle of the Road” according to the PATOP emerged from the study. However, it should be noted that there will be drift as this emerged PATOP model used in the Chinese structure with western approach, indicating another issue “what an acceptable time for drift would be”?

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“…In addition, Shiah made the first attempt to propose the Non-Self-Theory based on Buddhist teachings, as well as three ways to execute the self-cultivation principle, namely, giving up desires, displaying compassion, and practicing meditation to seek Buddhist wisdom. The transition from the self-state to the non-self-state is a deeply transformative experience of eliminating the sense of self and its psychological structures and overcoming the illusion of the self, leading to authentic, durable happiness (Shiah, 2016; Hwang et al, 2017). In line with the Mandala Model of self, Shiah further developed the essence and substance of Buddhism in his theory.…”

Section: Reflections On Self-models In the Perspective Of Chinese Culmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Taiji Model of Self

Wang

2019

Front. Psychol.

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An important theme in the development of self-psychology is the attempt by scholars to construct a self-model with universal cultural adaptability. Among them, representatives are the tripartite model of self-built by Triandis, the theory of the independent self and interdependent self-proposed by Markus and Kitayama, Yang Kuo-Shu's four-part theory of the Chinese self, Hwang Kwang-Kwo's Mandala model of self, and Shiah Yung-Jong's Non-self-Theory. However, these models have a difficult time explaining the structure and development of the Chinese self in Chinese cultural background. After pondering over Chinese traditional culture and the Chinese self, inspired by the archetype of Taiji diagram, in this paper, we construct the Taiji Model of Self. The Taiji Model of Self can not only properly represent the Chinese self-structure, but also explain the growth course of the Chinese self and four kinds of life realms of Chinese people with satisfactory cultural and ecological validity.

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Editorial: Eastern Philosophies and Psychology: Towards Psychology of Self-Cultivation

Cited by 21 publications

References 7 publications

Hwang’s Philosophy for Developing an Indigenous Cultural Psychology

Hwang’s Philosophy for Developing an Indigenous Cultural Psychology

A PATOP Study of Philosophy and Business Management: Western vs. Chinese Business Structures in Taiwan

The Taiji Model of Self

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