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Available
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Publication
The Free Press (2nd Edition)
Pages
228
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The Birth and Death of Meaning uses the disciplines of psychology, anthropology, sociology, and psychiatry to explain what makes people act the way they do.
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Table of Contents:
Chapter One The Man Apes: A Lesson for Thomas Hobbes
Chapter Two The Origins Of Mind: The Mechanics of The Miraculous
Chapter Three The Distinctively Human: Ego, Language and Self
Chapter Four The Inner World: Introduction to the Birth of Tragedy
Chapter Five Socialization: The creation of the Inner World
Chapter Six The New Meaning of the Oedipus Complex: The Dispossession of the Inner World
Chapter Seven Self Esteem: The Dominant Motive of Man
Chapter Eight Culture and Personality: The Standardization of Self-Esteem
Chapter Nine Social Encounters: The Staging of the Self-Esteem
Chapter Ten Culture: The Relativity of Hero-Systems
Chapter One The Man Apes: A Lesson for Thomas Hobbes
Chapter Two The Origins Of Mind: The Mechanics of The Miraculous
Chapter Three The Distinctively Human: Ego, Language and Self
Chapter Four The Inner World: Introduction to the Birth of Tragedy
Chapter Five Socialization: The creation of the Inner World
Chapter Six The New Meaning of the Oedipus Complex: The Dispossession of the Inner World
Chapter Seven Self Esteem: The Dominant Motive of Man
Chapter Eight Culture and Personality: The Standardization of Self-Esteem
Chapter Nine Social Encounters: The Staging of the Self-Esteem
Chapter Ten Culture: The Relativity of Hero-Systems
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
228 p.; 8.2 inches
ISBN
0029021901 / 9780029021903
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The Birth and Death of Meaning is an ambitious exploration of the nature of man using Anthropology, Sociology, Psychoanalysis, and Political Science. It begins with the evolution of consciousness which presents a variety of paradoxes which man addresses with defenses and denials. These defenses and
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denials are then built into a society. The book suggests that in order for man to progress and for democracy to work, man has to learn to live with the truth which is fraught with ambiguity and contradiction. There are periodic comments that do date the book to the 1970's when it was written. Show Less
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SOC B.