| Description |
xii, 240 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The big picture -- Western models of primordial mind: Freud and Klein -- Western models of primordial mind II: Jung, Bion, Matte-Blanco -- Western models of primordial mind III: Piaget, Werner attachment theory and implicit knowledge -- Primordial mental activity -- Dreaming -- The primordial mind in everyday life -- The relationship between mental processes in spiritual cultures -- The mind of a shaman -- Shamanism and psychosis -- Special sensitivity: synesthesia and lucid dreaming -- Creativity -- Psychosis -- Thoughtful reflections of psychotic persons -- Language, thought and communication -- Neuroscience of primordial mind -- Analogy and transformation in human systems -- Conclusion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Subconsciousness.
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Cognition.
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Ethnopsychology.
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Psychoanalysis.
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| LC no. |
2010040393 |
| ISBN |
9780415454605 hardback |
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0415454603 hardback |
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9780415454612 paperback |
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0415454611 paperback |
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