LEADER 05209nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910824004103321 005 20240410155012.0 010 $a1-283-01220-0 010 $a9786613012203 010 $a1-907343-13-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079734 035 $a(OCoLC)713689514 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10451055 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000469448 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12141878 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469448 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10511057 035 $a(PQKB)10322845 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3007759 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3007759 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10451055 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL301220 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079734 100 $a20711122d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe future of post-human personality$b[electronic resource] $ea preface to a new theory of normality and abnormality /$fPeter Baofu 210 $aCambridge, UK $cCambridge International Science Pub.$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (469 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-907343-12-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- CONTENTS -- Part One: Introduction -- Part Two: ormality -- Part Three: Abnormality -- Part Four: Conclusion -- TABLES -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART ONE Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION-THE PERPLEXITY OF PERSONALITY -- The Political Correctness of a Fascinating Idea -- Different Definitions of Normality and Abnormality -- Different Definitions of Normality -- Different Definitions of Abnormality -- The Varieties of Normal and Abnormal Characters -- The Varieties of Normal Characters -- The Varieties of Abnormal Characters -- The Theoretical Debate -- The Mental Argument -- The Natural Argument -- The Social Argument -- The Cultural Argument -- The Contrarian Argument -- The Contrarian Theory of Personality -- Theory and Meta-Theory -- A Unified Theory of Everything -- The Logic of Existential Dialectics -- The Conception of Existential Dialectics (or Its Ontics) -- The Syntax of Existential Dialectics (or Its Ontomethodology and Ontologic) -- The Semantics of Existential Dialectics (or Its Ontosemantics) -- The Pragmatics of Existential Dialectics (or ItsOntopragmatics) -- Sophisticated Methodological Holism -- Chapter Outline -- Some Clarifications -- In Conversation with My Previous Books -- Case Studies and Examples -- Detailed Analysis versus Overall Synthesis -- Two Distinctive Features of Using Quotations -- The Use of Neologisms -- PART TWO. Normality -- CHAPTER 2 NORMALITY AND ITS DOUBLE SIDES -- The Convenience of Normality -- Normality and the Mind -- Normality, and the Social Psychology of Conformity -- Normality, and the Biopsychology of Conformity -- Normality and nature -- Normality, and the Stoic Conformity with the Universe -- Normality, and the Implications of Animal Conformity -- Normality and Society -- Normality, and the Politics of Thought Reform. 327 $aConformity, and the Sociopolitics of Heteronormativity -- Normality and Culture -- Normality, and Cultural Assimilation -- The Mediocrity of Normality -- PART THREE Abnormality -- CHAPTER 3 ABNORMALITY AND ITS DUAL FACES -- The Functionality of Abnormality -- Abnormality and the Mind -- Abormality, and the Discourse on Mental Disability -- Abnormality, and the Controversy about Mental Disorders -- Abnormality and Nature -- Abnormality, and the Chemicals in Psychiatric Medication -- Abnormality, and the Disharmony with the Cosmos -- Abnormality and Society -- Abnormality, and the Social Structure of Suicide -- Abnormality, and the Institution of Involuntary Commitment -- Abnormality and Culture -- Abnormality, and the Variation of Cultural Traditions -- The Dysfunctionality of Normality -- PART FOUR Conclusion -- CHAPTER 4. CONCLUSION -THE FUTURE OF PERSONALITY -- The False Dichotomy of Normality and Abnormality -- Other Relevant Principles -- 1st Thesis: The Predictability-Unpredictability Principle -- 2nd Thesis: The Explicability-Inexplicability Principle -- 3rd Thesis: The Simpleness-Complicatedness Principle -- 4th Thesis: The Openness-Hiddenness Principle -- 5th Thesis: The Denseness-Emptiness Principle -- 6th Thesis: The Slowness-Quickness Principle -- 7th Thesis: The Expansion-Contraction Principle -- 8th Thesis: The Convention-Novelty Principle -- 9th Thesis: The Symmetry-Asymmetry Principle -- 10th Thesis: The Regression-Progression Principle -- 11th Thesis: The Post-Human Remolding -- Beyond Normality and Abnormality -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. 606 $aPersonality 606 $aIndividuality 615 0$aPersonality. 615 0$aIndividuality. 676 $a155.7 700 $aBaofu$b Peter$01611821 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824004103321 996 $aThe future of post-human personality$93940268 997 $aUNINA