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The Oxford Handbook of Hypo-egoic Phenomena

Edited by Kirk Warren Brown and Mark R. Leary

Oxford Library of Psychology

First-ever edited volume dedicated to hypo-egoic phenomena
Offers cutting-edge investigations into a variety of hypo-egoic phenomena that collectively have widespread implications for personal, social, and societal welfare
Features multi-disciplinary scholarship and contemporary research
Includes chapters authored by widely known, well-respected scholars in their fields

The Oxford Handbook of Hypo-egoic Phenomena

Edited by Kirk Warren Brown and Mark R. Leary

Description

Egoicism, a mindset that places primary focus upon oneself, is rampant in contemporary Western cultures as commercial advertisements, popular books, song lyrics, and mobile apps consistently promote self-interest. Consequently, researchers have begun to address the psychological, interpersonal, and broader societal
costs of excessive egoicism and to investigate alternatives to a "me and mine first" mindset.

For centuries, scholars, spiritual leaders, and social activists have advocated a "hypo-egoic" way of being that is characterized by less self-concern in favor of a more inclusive "we first" mode of functioning. In recent years, investigations of hypo-egoic functioning have been examined by psychologists, cognitive scientists,
neuroscientists, and philosophers. Edited by Kirk Warren Brown and Mark R. Leary, The Oxford Handbook of Hypo-egoic Phenomena brings together an expert group of contributors to examine these groundbreaking lines of
inquiry, distilling current knowledge about hypo-egoicism into an exceptional resource.

In this volume, readers will fi nd theoretical perspectives from philosophy and several major branches of psychology to inform our understanding of the nature of hypo-egoicism and its expressions in various domains of life. Further, readers will encounter psychological research discoveries about particular phenomena in which hypo-egoicism is a prominent feature, demonstrating its implications for well-being, regulation of emotion, adaptive decision-making,
positive social relations, and other markers of human happiness, well-being, and health. This Handbook offers the most comprehensive and thoughtful analyses of hypo-egoicism to date.

The Oxford Handbook of Hypo-egoic Phenomena

Edited by Kirk Warren Brown and Mark R. Leary

Oxford Library of Psychology

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Emergence of Scholarship and Science on Hypo-egoic Phenomena
Kirk Warren Brown and Mark R. Leary

Part I: Theoretical Perspectives on Hypo-egoicism

Chapter 2: Moderating Ego in East and South Asia; Metaphysical Habits of the Heart
Owen Flanagan and Philip J. Ivanhoe

Chapter 3: The Phenomenology of Egoic and Non-egoic Consciousness
Stefano Vincini and Shawn Gallagher

Chapter 4: Perspectives on Hypo-egoic Phenomena from Social and Personality Psychology
Mark R. Leary, Kate J. Diebels, Katrina P. Jongman-Sereno, and Ashley Hawkins

Chapter 5: Hypo-egoicism and Cultural Evolution
Leonard L. Martin, Amey Kulkarni, Wyatt C. Anderson, Matthew A. Sanders, Jackie Newbold, and Joel Knowles

Chapter 6: Developmental and Pro-social Dimensions of Hypo-egoic Phenomena
Susan Harter

Chapter 7: A Clinical Psychological Perspective on Hyper- and Hypo-egoicism: Symptoms, Treatment, and Therapist Characteristics
Kelly E. Moore, Matthew A. Christian, Emily Ann Boren, and June Price Tangney

Part II: Empirical Research on Hypo-egoic Intrapersonal, Behavioral, and Interpersonal Phenomena and Processes

Chapter 8: The Neuroscience of Hypo-egoic Processes
Norman A.S. Farb, Philip A. Desormeau, and Le-anh Dinh-Williams

Chapter 9: The Hypo-egoic Component of Flow
Jeanne Nakamura and Scott Roberts

Chapter 10: The Hypo-egoic Expression of Mindfulness in Social Life
Kirk Warren Brown, Daniel R. Berry, and Jordan T. Quaglia

Chapter 11: Empathy and Altruism
C. Daniel Batson

Chapter 12: Morality: Hypo-egoic for Us but Not Them
Ronnie Janoff-Bulman and Nate C. Carnes

Chapter 13: Compassion, Well-being, and the Hypo-egoic Self
Kristin D. Neff and Emma Seppälä

Chapter 14: Naturally Good? Basic Psychological Needs and the Proximal and Evolutionary Bases of Human Benevolence
Richard M. Ryan and Patricia Hawley

Chapter 15: Attachment as a Foundation for Kindness Toward Self and Others
Philip R. Shaver, Mario Mikulincer, Balijinder Sahdra, and Jacquelyn T. Gross

Chapter 16: Beyond Self-Interest: Humility and the Quieted Self
Peter C. Hill and Elizabeth K. Laney

Chapter 17: Forgiveness and the Ego: Why Hypo-egoic States Foster Forgiveness and Prosocial Responses
Julie J. Exline

Chapter 18: Egosystem and Ecosystem: Motivational Orientations of the Self in Relation to Others
Jennifer Crocker and Amy Canevello

Chapter 19: Mysticism and Hypo-egoicism
Ralph W. Hood, Jr.

Chapter 20: Dispositional Hypo-egoicism: Insights into the Hypo-egoic Person
Mark R. Leary, Kirk Warren Brown, and Kate J. Diebels

The Oxford Handbook of Hypo-egoic Phenomena

Edited by Kirk Warren Brown and Mark R. Leary

Oxford Library of Psychology

Author Information

Kirk Warren Brown is an associate professor of social and health psychology and director of Contemplative Science and Education in the College Behavioral and Emotional Health Institute at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is senior editor (with J. David Creswell and Richard M. Ryan) of the recent Handbook of Mindfulness: Theory, Research, and Practice. Dr. Brown is an elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.

Mark R. Leary is a professor of psychology and neuroscience, and the director of the Duke
Interdisciplinary Initiative in Social Psychology at Duke University. He has published 12 books
and more than 200 scholarly articles and chapters on topics such as self-presentation, self-relevant
thought, social emotions, interpersonal rejection, and self-esteem.

Contributors:

Wyatt C. Anderson
Department of Psychology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA

C. Daniel Batson
Department of Psychology
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Daniel R. Berry
Department of Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

Emily Ann Boren
Department of Psychology
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

Kirk Warren Brown
Department of Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

Amy Canevello
Department of Psychology
University of North Carolina
Charlotte, NC

Nate C. Carnes
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA

Jennifer Crocker
Department of Psychology
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Philip A. Desorneau
Department of Psychology
University of Toronto Mississauga
Mississauga, ON
Canada

Kate J. Diebels
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Duke University
Durham, NC

Le-anh Dinh-Williams
Graduate Department of Psychological Clinical Science
University of Toronto Scarborough
Toronto, ON
Canada

Julie Exline
Department of Psychological Sciences
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

Norman Farb
Department of Psychology
University of Toronto Mississauga
Mississauga, ON
Canada

Owen Flanagan
Center for Comparative Philosophy
Duke University
Durham, NC

Shaun Gallagher
Department of Philosophy
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN

Jacquelyn Gross
Department of Psychology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD

Susan Harter
Department of Psychology
University of Denver
Morrison, CO

Ashley Hawkins
Department of Psychology
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC

Patricia H. Hawley
Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX

Peter Hill
Rosemead School of Psychology
Biola University
La Mirada, CA

Ralph Hood
Department of Psychology
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN

Philip J. Ivanhoe
Department of Public and Social Administration
City University of Hong Kong
Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

Ronnie Janoff-Bulman
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA

Katrina P. Jongman-Sereno
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Duke University
Durham, NC

Joel Knowles
Department of Psychology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Amey Kulkarni
Home Depot Corporate
Atlanta, GA

Elizabeth K. Laney
Biola Counseling Center
Biola University
La Mirada, CA

Mark R. Leary
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Duke University
Durham, NC

Leonard Martin
Department of Psychology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Mario Mikulincer
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya
Herzliya, Israel

Kelly E. Moore
Department of Psychology
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

Jeanne Nakamura
Department of Psychology
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, CA

Kristin Neff
Department of Educational Psychology
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

Jackie Newbold
Department of Psychology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Jordan T. Quaglia
Department of Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

Scott Roberts
Department of Psychology
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, CA

Richard M. Ryan
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
Australian Catholic University
Strathfield, NSW
Australia;
Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Matthew Sanders
Hospital Corporation of America
Nashville, TN

Baljinder Sahdra
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
Australian Catholic University
Strathfield, NSW
Australia

Emma Seppälä
Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA

Phil Shaver
Department of Psychology
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA

June Tangney
Department of Psychology
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

Stefano Vincini
Department of Philosophy
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN