Michael Robbins

Gebundenes Buch

What Makes Humans Unique

Evolution and the Two Structures of Mind

Beschreibung

Through an integrated multi-disciplinary theory, Michael Robbins proposes that the human mind consists of two mental structures, the one we share with other animate creatures, and a capacity for reflective representational thought which is unique.

Autor

Michael Robbins is a psychoanalyst, member of the American and International Psychoanalytic Societies, former professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and author of 5 previous books and more than 40 articles in refereed journals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 373g
• ISBN-13: 9781032564913
• ISBN-10: 1032564911
• Artikelnr.: 68102307

Rezensionen

'Dr. Robbins offers a remarkable psychoanalytic theory of the structures of mind replacing Freud's tripartite model that incorporates findings from evolutionary biology and primatology. While mankind shares a primordial mind with other animals, the difference is the acquisition of reflection, an ability put on the map by John Locke. It is the ability to speak and to reflect that creates the power to heal.'

Henry Lothane, clinical professor of Psychiatry Icahn School of Medicine

'Distinguishing the different roles of primordial consciousness and abstract representational thought, this book highlights the limitations of Freud's model of mental structures and conscious and unconscious mind and proposes a different model. Robbins explores the origins of the capacity to reflect on one's mind that distinguishes humans from other species. This book is an intellectual tour de force that integrates psychology and psychoanalysis with neurobiology, linguistic and other sciences: a must read for psychoanalysts and for all readers interested in the deepest dimensions of "homo sapiens".'

Riccardo Lombardi, MD, author of Body-Mind Dissociation and Formless Infinity