Madkind: The Origin and Development of the Mind

ISBN-13: 9781032172484 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 282 str.

Charles Berg

Opis

First published in 1962, the original blurb reads: ‘This provocative book explores the whole range of human thought conduct and beliefs. Commencing with primitive man and his superstitions it goes on to study our present-day cultural institutions, customs, ritual and other behaviour upon which we pride ourselves. ...'

Spis treści

1. General Introduction  2. Symptomology: Delusions of Primitive Man  3. Mythology, Cosmogony and Comparative Religion  4. Current Behaviour: Libido Expressed in Social Customs  5. The Social Neurosis of Modern Man  6. Marriage  7. Growing Up  8. Education  9. Sport, Games and Social Expressions of Aggression  10. Fear  11. War  12. Politics and Punishment  13. Culture and the Psychology of Authoritarian Institutions  14. Belief in God  15. Religion, an Emotionally Determined Belief  16. ‘Treatment’ and Ego Development  17. The Mind is Primarily a Physiological Organ  18. A Modern Cosmogony  19. The Macrocosm  20. Protein Synthesis and the Origin of Life  21. The Origin of Living Forms and the Development of Nerve Tissue  22. Outline of Evolution  23. Growth and Structure of the Mind  24. Treatment, Prognosis, Untruth and Truth and the Feeling-Tone of Life.  Bibliography.  Index.

O autorze

Charles Berg (1892-1957)