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PHILOSOPHICAL MEDITATION, A TOOL FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP
PHILOSOPHICAL MEDITATION, A TOOL FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP

Author(s): Vasile Hațegan
Subject(s): Psychology, Social Philosophy, Psychoanalysis
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: philosophical counseling; leadership; philosophical meditation; organization; personal development;

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the interdisciplinary links that draw attention to meditative practices as part of philosophy put into practice, starting from the individual level and going to the groups and organizations. Looking at the areas in which he can interact, we refer in particular to the ways of applying philosophical meditation, as an important tool of the philosophical practitioner, who can interact with the leader of the organization, in the new process of philosophical counseling for management or leadership of the organization. This work brings to attention the concept of philosophical leadership, through which the leader can learn the meditative state to achieve a philosophical meditative application, made by a specialist, who uses specific elements of meditative exercises used since ancient times by philosophers, a process that can be brought in the current context of philosophical counselling, as a form of a useful philosophical practice for managers, with benefits for both parties, both for the practitioners and for the leaders.

  • Issue Year: 2/2020
  • Issue No: 46
  • Page Range: 163-175
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English