{"product_id":"psychoanalysis-and-the-birth-of-the-self-9781138588462","title":"Psychoanalysis and the Birth of the Self","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book draws psychoanalysis out of unsubstantiated, hermeneutic speculation and into the science and philosophy of the Self. Mark Leffert offers a survey of where we as human beings come from, going back into prehistory and our development as individuals. \u003ci\u003ePsychoanalysis and the Birth of the Self\u003c\/i\u003e is written to provide psychoanalysts with interdisciplinary information drawn from fields that they may have had little access to. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeffert undertakes a novel integration of topics not frequently discussed together, resulting in a radical critique of the theorization of psychoanalysis. The book begins by setting the story with a short analysis of the history of psychoanalysis. A new science has been founded on the recognition of the impossibility of separating evolution from development; it is called Evo-Devo. Applied to the human condition, it integrates development with palaeoanthropology and forms the basis for exploring such topics as the neurophilosophy of conscio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Psychoanalysis’s Yesterdays, Todays, and Tomorrows: A Brief History of Being With Patients\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The Neurophilosophy of Consciousness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Psychoanalytic Theories of Development and the New Science of Evo-Devo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Origins of the Self and its Consciousness: The Evo-Devo of Human Being\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Being and Nothingness or To Be or Not to Be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Common Ground\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019504484695,"sku":"9781138588462","price":35.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138588462.jpg?v=1750780466","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/psychoanalysis-and-the-birth-of-the-self-9781138588462","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}