What makes humans unique : evolution and the two structures of mind /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robbins, Michael, M.D (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: 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.