In this incisive study of the biological and cultural origins of the human self, the author challenges readers to rethink ideas about the self and consciousness as being exclusive to humans.
In this incisive study of the biological and cultural origins of the human self, the author challenges readers to rethink ideas about the self and consciousness as being exclusive to humans.
Chris Abel is an award-winning author of numerous interdisciplinary publications on the built environment and identity theory. He has taught at universities around the world, most recently at the University of Sydney and the University of Ulster, Belfast.
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Preface Introduction PART I: The background 1. The nature nurture debate Personality traits Cognitive abilities Epigenetic factors Gene regulation New terms of debate Neural plasticity Embodied development 2. Inheritance systems Evo Devo Homological thinking Niche construction Sociocultural learning Cooperative behavior Gene culture coevolution Interacting dimensions Novel behavior PART II: The metatheory 3. Self organization Order of a complex sort Hierarchical model Emergentism Strong versus weak emergence Levels of description Autopoiesis Structure and organization Diachronic emergence 4. The invisible self Science and common sense The self that won't go away Psychological connectedness Field theory Boundary conditions Social dimensions The self as a self organizing system Some propositions 5. Mapping the field Brain body schemas Spatial extensions Unity of perception and action Social cues Self agency Mirror images Emotional signals Self regulation of emotions 6. The evolving self Metamorphosis Memory and consciousness Knowing and feeling The three stage self The core self across species Evolutionary continuity Subjective experience The cultural ratchet 7. Tacit nexus Overlapping brain functions Stringing things together Rapid sequencing Practical intelligence Dexterous hands Science and praxis Artifactual knowledge PART III: The self in the world 8. Technically extended selves Nature's home builders Animal tool use Knowledge in common Cumulative technology Artificial versus natural selection Self producing technologies Promethean gifts 9. Self images Good impressions Bodily idioms Reciprocal perspectives Home making as self actualization Attachments to things Material culture matters Fashion conscious Automania 10. Self and group identity Tribal ties Discomfort with inconsistent beliefs Self and the out group other Group dynamics Sectarian conflict Effects of spatial segregation 11. Occupational identity Creation of a modern workforce Class division and unionization Fordism Automation The vanishing workplace The encroachment of AI Social groups most affected 12. Selves online Cultivating the narcissistic personality Bidirectional media Hooked on the Internet Games designed to keep players playing The networked self Promoting the self 13. Transformations Turning points Perpetual connectivity Treating people as objects Cultural shift The threat to critical thinking Rewiring the brain Augmented reality 14. Loss of the private self A cautionary tale of the digital age Mining the data Engineering social change Winning tactics Selves for sale The fightback Part IV: Summation 15. Instinctive and fuzzy selves Resistance to change Not just a collection of neurons Relations of degree Techno cultural coevolution The profligate species Existential crisis Pandemic postscript Notes and references Bibliography Index
Preface Introduction PART I: The background 1. The nature nurture debate Personality traits Cognitive abilities Epigenetic factors Gene regulation New terms of debate Neural plasticity Embodied development 2. Inheritance systems Evo Devo Homological thinking Niche construction Sociocultural learning Cooperative behavior Gene culture coevolution Interacting dimensions Novel behavior PART II: The metatheory 3. Self organization Order of a complex sort Hierarchical model Emergentism Strong versus weak emergence Levels of description Autopoiesis Structure and organization Diachronic emergence 4. The invisible self Science and common sense The self that won't go away Psychological connectedness Field theory Boundary conditions Social dimensions The self as a self organizing system Some propositions 5. Mapping the field Brain body schemas Spatial extensions Unity of perception and action Social cues Self agency Mirror images Emotional signals Self regulation of emotions 6. The evolving self Metamorphosis Memory and consciousness Knowing and feeling The three stage self The core self across species Evolutionary continuity Subjective experience The cultural ratchet 7. Tacit nexus Overlapping brain functions Stringing things together Rapid sequencing Practical intelligence Dexterous hands Science and praxis Artifactual knowledge PART III: The self in the world 8. Technically extended selves Nature's home builders Animal tool use Knowledge in common Cumulative technology Artificial versus natural selection Self producing technologies Promethean gifts 9. Self images Good impressions Bodily idioms Reciprocal perspectives Home making as self actualization Attachments to things Material culture matters Fashion conscious Automania 10. Self and group identity Tribal ties Discomfort with inconsistent beliefs Self and the out group other Group dynamics Sectarian conflict Effects of spatial segregation 11. Occupational identity Creation of a modern workforce Class division and unionization Fordism Automation The vanishing workplace The encroachment of AI Social groups most affected 12. Selves online Cultivating the narcissistic personality Bidirectional media Hooked on the Internet Games designed to keep players playing The networked self Promoting the self 13. Transformations Turning points Perpetual connectivity Treating people as objects Cultural shift The threat to critical thinking Rewiring the brain Augmented reality 14. Loss of the private self A cautionary tale of the digital age Mining the data Engineering social change Winning tactics Selves for sale The fightback Part IV: Summation 15. Instinctive and fuzzy selves Resistance to change Not just a collection of neurons Relations of degree Techno cultural coevolution The profligate species Existential crisis Pandemic postscript Notes and references Bibliography Index
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