Paul Gilbert

Human Nature and Suffering (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Human Nature and Suffering is a profound comment on the human condition, from the perspective of evolutionary psychology. Paul Gilbert explores the implications of humans as evolved social animals, suggesting that evolution has given rise to a varied set of social competencies, which form the basis of our personal knowledge and understanding.

Gilbert shows how our primitive competencies become modified by experience - both satisfactorily and unsatisfactorily. He highlights how cultural factors may modify and activate many of these primitive competencies, leading to pathology proneness and behaviours that are collectively survival threatening. These varied themes are brought together to indicate how the social construction of self arises from the organization of knowledge encoded within the competencies.

This Classic Edition features a new introduction from the author, bringing Gilbert's early work to a new audience. The book will be of interest to clinicians, researchers and historians in the field of psychology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317189602
• Artikelnr.: 45682406

Autorenporträt

Paul Gilbert, OBE is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Derby and has been actively involved in research and treating people with shame-based and mood disorders for over 30 years. He is a past President of the British Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapy and a fellow of the British Psychological Society. He was awarded the OBE for contributions to mental health in 2011.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction to Classic Edition 1. Introduction and
Overview. 2. A Legacy from the Past: The Role of Human Nature. 3. The
Mapping of Human Nature. 4. The Psychobiology of some Basic Mechanisms. 5.
The Psychobiology of Peripheral Systems. 6. Care Eliciting and Attachment
Strategies. 7. Care Eliciting and Theories of Psychopathology. 8. Care
Giving and Nurturance. 9. Disorders of Care Giving. 10. Co-Operation. 11.
Co-Operation: Some Blocks and Pathologies. 12. Competition: Status, Power
and Dominance. 13. Some Psychopathologies of Power and Dominance. 14.
Beyond the Power of Reason. 15. Personal Reflections. Appendices.