Transcendental Medication: The Evolution of Mind, Culture, and Healing

ISBN-13: 9780367472634 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 130 str.

Christopher D. Lynn

Opis

Transcendental Medication considers why human brains evolved to have consciousness, yet we spend much of our time trying to reduce our awareness. It will appeal to students and scholars interested in mind, altered states of consciousness, and evolution.

Spis treści

1. Consciousness as a By-Product  2. Thinking Too Much  3. The Monkey in the Mirror  4. Cognitive Evolution and Fireside Relaxation  5. Rules and Rituals in Curbing Cognitive Dissonance  6. The Biological Imperative to Belong  7. The Big Umbreella of Dissociation  8. Dissociation, Deafferentation, and Trance  9. Incentive Salience of Drinking and Drugging  10. Adaptive and Maladaptive at the Same Time  11. Conclusion

O autorze

Christopher D. Lynn is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alabama, USA. He is co-editor of Evolution Education in the American South (2017) and co-host of the Sausage of Science and Inking of Immunity podcasts.