The evolution of the emotion-processing mind : with an introduction to mental Darwinism / Roberts Langs ; foreword by James O. Raney ; introduction by David Smith.

By:

Langs, Robert, 1928-2014

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Karnac Books, 1996.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 223 pages) : portraitContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781849402095
1849402094
1283125110
9781283125116
9786613125118
6613125113
0429481683
9780429481680

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Evolution of the emotion-processing mind.DDC classification:

150.195 22

LOC classification:

BF175.4.E86 L36 1996eb

NLM classification:

1996 H-274
WM 460

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

pt. 1. Darwin and Freud -- pt. 2. Some biological principles for psychoanalysis -- pt. 3. Evolutionary scenarios for the emotion-processing mind -- pt. 4. The emotion-processing mind as a Darwin machine.

Summary: In attempting to unify psychoanalytic and evolutionary theories, Langs offers a concise account of the most current versions of Darwinian and neo-Darwinian theory. He then develops the argument that the emotion processing mind is an organ of adaptation that has evolved by natural selection.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index.

Print version record.

In attempting to unify psychoanalytic and evolutionary theories, Langs offers a concise account of the most current versions of Darwinian and neo-Darwinian theory. He then develops the argument that the emotion processing mind is an organ of adaptation that has evolved by natural selection.

English.

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