The Human Difference: Evolution, Civilization - And Destruction Robbins Michael
The Human Difference: Evolution, Civilization - And Destruction Robbins Michael From a multi-disciplinary perspective grounded in psychoanalysis, this book explores the manifestations of mind that…
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The Human Difference: Evolution, Civilization - And Destruction Robbins Michael
From a multi-disciplinary perspective grounded in psychoanalysis, this book explores the manifestations of mind that distinguish humans from other species, culture, civilization and destructiveness.Psychoanalysis was created by Freud in an effort to understand neurosis and psychosis, the names he gave to individual human destructiveness. He did not comprehend that destructiveness is qualitatively different in humans than in other species and he ignored the problem of how biological instincts become mental processes. His understanding was limited and incorrect because the science of evolution and the disciplines of sociology and cultural anthropology were in their infancy when he formulated his ideas.
The book explains how neoteny, the prolonged period These limitations left psychoanalysis with one of its most perplexing unsolved problems, the mysterious leap from mind to body.
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