1st Edition
Transcendental Medication The Evolution of Mind, Culture, and Healing
By Christopher D. Lynn
Copyright 2022
138 Pages
by
Routledge
138 Pages
by
Routledge
138 Pages
by
Routledge
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Transcendental Medication considers why human brains evolved to have consciousness, yet we spend much of our time trying to reduce our awareness. It outlines how limiting consciousness—rather than expanding it—is more functional and satisfying for most people, most of the time.
The suggestion is that our brains evolved mechanisms to deal with the stress of awareness in concert with... Read more
1. Consciousness as a By-Product 2. Thinking Too Much 3. The Monkey in the Mirror 4. Cognitive Evolution and Fireside Relaxation 5. Rules and Rituals in Curbing Cognitive Dissonance 6. The Biological Imperative to Belong 7. The Big Umbreella of Dissociation 8. Dissociation, Deafferentation, and Trance 9. Incentive Salience of Drinking and Drugging 10. Adaptive and Maladaptive at the Same Time 11. Conclusion
Biography
Christopher D. Lynn is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alabama, USA. He is co-editor of Evolution Education in the American South (2017) and co-host of the Sausage of Science and Inking of Immunity podcasts.
