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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461403703321

Autore

Langs Robert <1928-2014, >

Titolo

The evolution of the emotion-processing mind / / Robert Langs ; foreword by James O. Raney ; introduction by David Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2019

ISBN

0-429-90645-5

0-429-48168-3

1-283-12511-0

9786613125118

1-84940-209-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Disciplina

150.19/5

152.4

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis and evolution

Emotions

Genetic psychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 1996 by H. Karnac (Books) Ltd."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 arguement that the emotion processing mind is an organ of adaptation that has evolved by natural selection.