| Description |
xvi, 223 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Psychoanalysis and evolution -- 2. Darwin and Freud -- 3. A communicative framework for evaluating Freud -- 4. Freud's evolutionary thinking -- 5. Hierarchies in psychoanalysis -- 6. The principles of evolution -- 7. The unit of selection -- 8. The architecture of the emotion-processing mind -- 9. Setting the stage for an adaptationist programme -- 10. An evolutionary scenario: the early hominids -- 11. Another scenario: Homo sapiens sapiens -- 12. Solving the problems of death and violence -- 13. The evolution of frames, rules, and boundaries -- 14. Assessing the accomplishments of evolution -- 15. Mental Darwinism -- 16. Selectionism and the therapeutic process. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index. |
| Subject |
Psychoanalysis and evolution.
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Emotions.
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Genetic psychology.
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| ISBN |
0823617750 |
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