The Human Difference - 9781032569444

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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. 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. 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. These limitations left psychoanalysis with one of its most perplexing unsolved problems, the mysterious leap from mind to body. The book explains how neoteny, the prolonged period of post-natal immaturity that distinguishes humans from other animals, requires and enables complex learning from caregivers. It is the knowledge acquired from this learning and its intergenerational transmission that links the biological theory of evolution with the psychosocial theory of psychoanalysis and explains how the human species is unique. The book will be of interest to those who want to learn about how integrating the findings of evolutionary science, primatology, sociology and cultural anthroplogy with the theory of psychoanalysis expands our understanding of what makes humans unique and its implications for the future of our species, and empowers us to influence the destiny of humankind.


  • | Author: Michael. Robbins
  • | Publisher: Routledge
  • | Publication Date: Oct 02, 2023
  • | Number of Pages: 192 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Hardcover
  • | ISBN-10: 1032569441
  • | ISBN-13: 9781032569444
Author:
Michael. Robbins
Publisher:
Routledge
Publication Date:
Oct 02, 2023
Number of pages:
192 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN-10:
1032569441
ISBN-13:
9781032569444