1st Edition
The Two of Me The Rational Outer Me and the Emotional Inner Me
By John Birtchnell
Copyright 2004
320 Pages
by
Psychology Press
320 Pages
by
Psychology Press
320 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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How much of what we do is directed by conscious, deliberate decisions and how much originates in unconscious, automatic directives? This is the question explored in The Two of Me via an engaging combination of phenomenological subjective investigation and objective considerations of mental processes and specific structures. John Birtchnell puts forward the thesis that many more of our actions... Read more
Contents. Preface. Part 1: The Outer Me/Inner Me Dichotomy. The Birth of an Idea. The Outer Me. The Inner Me. Part 2: Other Conscious/Unconscious Distinctions. Psychodynamic Distinctions. Cognitive Distinctions. Part 3: The Human Objectives. Survival. Reproduction. Relating. Part 4: The Receptive and Responsive Me. Sensory Input. Emotion. Memory. Part 5: The Active Me. Motor Action. Communication and Language. Mental Activity. Part 6: The Complex Me. Deception and Self-Deception. Delusions and Hallucinations. Dreams. Part 7: The Social Me. The Arts. Humour. Religion. Bibliography. Author Index. Subject Index.
Biography
John Birtchnell
This new theory of mind covers ground touched in his two previous texts and synthesises a wide and deep range of knowledge, in which analytic theory, cognitive psychology and the latest research in neuroanatomy combine to yield a thought provoking, holistic, subjective and relational-based view of mind, written with wisdom and compassion. - Dr. Dale Mathers, Member, International Association of Analytical Psychology
