ABSTRACT

This book, concerned with psychoanalytic conceptualisations, helps to lay the foundation for a biologically and evolutionarily sensible model of human social behaviour and personality, and also helps to bridge the gap between psychoanalysis and neuroscience.

chapter One|3 pages

Introduction

chapter Two|41 pages

Deterministic metapsychology

chapter Three|31 pages

Aggression

chapter Four|21 pages

Submission and harm avoidance

chapter Five|37 pages

Praise and acceptance

chapter Six|34 pages

Anxiety

chapter Seven|26 pages

Object relations theory

chapter Eight|29 pages

Social structure

chapter Nine|30 pages

Mental disorder

chapter Ten|10 pages

Conclusions