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Let's Nuke the Transpersonalists: A Response to Albert Ellis
Author(s) -
WILBER KEN
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1989.tb02618.x
Subject(s) - emotive , psychoanalysis , psychology , psychotherapist , epistemology , philosophy
In a 1986 article, Albert Ellis proposed to use rational‐emotive therapy (RET) to save the world from religious and psychological fanatics and nuclear war. However, Ellis's article was marred by inaccurate, illogical, and absolutist attacks on religion and non‐RET psychologies and claims for RET. This article attempts to correct those errors and to provide a more balanced view of religion, RET, non‐RET therapies, and the role of psychology in averting nuclear war.