What makes humans unique : evolution and the two structures of mind /
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2024.
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Table of Contents:
- Psychoanalysis and the structures of mind
- The mental structure humans share with other primates and the structure that is unique
- History of the concept of two mental structures from psychoanalysis and other disciplines
- The distinctive languages of each mental structure
- The structure common to all species and its manifestations
- Acquisition of the second mental structure during the separation phase of development
- Limitation of the biological theory of evolution in understanding the origins of the second mental structure
- Efforts to fit what makes humans unique into the biological theory of evolution lead to the need for a revision
- The origins of social structure from mental structure: the social organization derived from the primordial structure
- History of the parallel evolution of the second mental structure and the movement of human social organization from socio-centric to self-centric
- The structural difference between neurosis and psychosis
- Mental structure, social organization, and the complex interplay of socially constructive and destructive phenomena arising from them
- Mental structures and the evolution of homo sapiens.