Preben Bertelsen

Free Will, Consciousness and Self (eBook, PDF)

Anthropological Perspectives on Psychology

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Produktbeschreibung

What is it to be human? How do we relate to the world, to each other and to our self in a human - in everyday life and when faced with life's big questions? In this book, the author develops a general theoretical model that might be able to offer a better understanding of the human condition and of the underlying principles of human behavior. The author shows that general psychology, bridging the natural sciences and the social sciences, can make a significant contribution to a general anthropology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781789203707
• Artikelnr.: 63362693

Autorenporträt

Preben Bertelsen is Associate Professor and Head of Study in the Department of Psychology at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. His areas of interest include Social Psychology, Psychology of the personality and Anthropological Psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Preface
Introduction: General anthropology
Chapter 1. What is general psychology?
Chapter 2. What is anthropological psychology?
Chapter 3. The distinguishing traits of human beings seen from the
perspective of natural and cultural history
Chapter 4. Levels of connectedness of the psyche
Chapter 5. The free will
Chapter 6. Consciousness
Chapter 7. The self and the life project
Chapter 8. An anthropological-psychological taxonomy
Bibliography
Subject index