ABSTRACT

In attempting to unify psychoanalytic and evolutionary theories, Langs offers a concise account of the most current versions of Darwinian and neo-Darwinian theory. He then develops the arguement that the emotion processing mind is an organ of adaptation that has evolved by natural selection.

part 1|47 pages

Darwin and Freud

chapter Chapter One|16 pages

Psychoanalysis and evolution

chapter Chapter Two|7 pages

Darwin and Freud

chapter Chapter Three|8 pages

A communicative framework for evaluating Freud

chapter Chapter Four|14 pages

Freud’s evolutionary thinking

part II|51 pages

Some Biological Principles for Psychoanalysis

chapter Chapter Five|12 pages

Hierarchies in psychoanalysis

chapter Chapter Six|9 pages

The principles of evolution

chapter Chapter Seven|6 pages

The unit of selection

chapter Chapter Eight|22 pages

The architecture of the emotion-processing mind

part III|77 pages

Evolutionary Scenarios for the Emotion-Processing Mind

chapter Chapter Nine|13 pages

Setting the stage for an adaptationist programme

chapter Chapter Ten|13 pages

An evolutionary scenario: the early hominids

chapter Chapter Eleven|21 pages

Another scenario: Homo sapiens sapiens

chapter Chapter Twelve|10 pages

Solving the problems of death and violence

chapter Chapter Thirteen|8 pages

The evolution of frames, rules, and boundaries

chapter Chapter Fourteen|9 pages

Assessing the accomplishments of evolution

part IV|29 pages

The Emotion-Processing Mind as a Darwin Machine

chapter Chapter Fifteen|16 pages

Mental Darwinism

chapter Chapter Sixteen|11 pages

Selectionism and the therapeutic process