Essential Freud Psychology

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Badcock, Christopher

Psychology & Counseling

Blackwell*publishers

Freud has changed our whole manner of looking at ourselves, our relations with others and our conceptions of culture, society and behaviour. He has been described, rightly or wrongly, as the father of feminism, a revolutionary thinker on a par with Karl Marx, a social and sexual reactionary, a genius and a crank. "Essential Freud" is an introduction to the topics that most crucially characterize the contribution Freud's thinking has made, not just to psychology, but to our entire view of the world. Assuming no prior knowledge Dr Badcock provides a full treatment of Freudian psychoanalysis and its critics. In this second edition of "Essential Freud" Christopher Badcock has brought to bear new insights from recent developments in evolutionary science. His new material includes an analysis of data relative to his interpretation of Freud's findings on incest. A new section reveals the biological reality that may lie behind the controversial death wish theory. Much of the remaining material from the first edition has been extensively revised and rewritten, so that the book presents a cohesive account of Freud's thinking in the light of modern evolutionary theory.

Essential Freud

Blackwell Pub.

Evolutionary Psychology: A Critical Introduction

According to evolutionary biologists, we are the minders of our genes. But, as Christopher Badcock points out in this book, it is only recently that evolutionists have realized that minders need minds, and that evolution needs psychology to fill the yawning gap between genes and behaviour.  Evolutionary Psychology assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, and concentrates on the fundamental issues raised by the application of modern Darwinism to psychology. Basic concepts of evolution are explained carefully, so that the reader has a sound grasp of them before their often controversial application to psychology is discussed. The approach is a critical one, and the author does not hide the many difficulties that evolutionary psychology raises. Examples include the strange neglect of Darwin's own writings on psychology, and the fact that no existing theory has succeeded in explaining why the human brain evolved in the first place.   The book is the first to give a non-technical account of remarkable new findings about the roles that conflicting genes play in building different parts of the brain. It is also the first to consider the consequences of this for controversies like those over nature/nurture, IQ, brain lateralization and consciousness.  Evolutionary Psychology is based on many years experience of teaching evolution and psychology to social science students, and is intended for all who wish to get to grips with the basic issues of one of the most exciting and rapidly growing areas of modern science.

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According to evolutionary biologists, we are the minders of our genes. But, as Christopher Badcock points out in this book, it is only recently that evolutionists have realized that minders need minds, and that evolution needs psychology to fill the yawning gap between genes and behaviour. 
Evolutionary Psychology assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, and concentrates on the fundamental issues raised by the application of modern Darwinism to psychology. Basic concepts of evolution are explained carefully, so that the reader has a sound grasp of them before their often controversial application to psychology is discussed. The approach is a critical one, and the author does not hide the many difficulties that evolutionary psychology raises. Examples include the strange neglect of Darwin's own writings on psychology, and the fact that no existing theory has succeeded in explaining why the human brain evolved in the first place. The book is the first to give a non-technical account of remarkable new findings about the roles that conflicting genes play in building different parts of the brain. It is also the first to consider the consequences of this for controversies like those over nature/nurture, IQ, brain lateralization and consciousness. Evolutionary Psychology is based on many years experience of teaching evolution and psychology to social science students, and is intended for all who wish to get to grips with the basic issues of one of the most exciting and rapidly growing areas of modern science.

Bestselling author, father, husband. Junkie. 
Elwood Cathis gave up everything for the needle. Desperate to rebuild a relationship with his daughter and ex-wife, he's come to Lake Chance, a once-bustling vacation hot spot, now caught in the throes of a prolonged demise. Tainted and scarred by past events, it's a place that echoes his own existence. 
Echoes... 
Something echoes. It calls out, like a forgotten broadcast stuck on repeat. Something in the forest. Something infernal that only he and others like him can hear; the lost, the weak, the tormented. 
Suffering from intense withdrawal and plagued by nightmarish visions, Elwood will confront the lake's dark past, and in doing so, uncover parts of himself he lost at the tip of a needle, and so much more.

Those You Killed

Literature & Fiction

Press, DarkLit

Genre Fiction

DarkLit Press

The Imprinted Brain sets out a radical new theory of the mind and mental illness based on the recent discovery of genomic imprinting. Imprinted genes are those from one parent that, in that parent's interest, are expressed in an offspring rather than the diametrically opposed genes from the other parent. For example, a higher birth weight may represent the dominance of the father's genes in leading to a healthy child, whereas a lower birth weight is beneficial to the mother's immediate wellbeing, and the imprint of the mother's genes will result in a smaller baby. According to this view, a win for the father's genes may result in autism, whereas one for the mother's may result in psychosis. A state of equilibrium - normality - is the most likely outcome, with a no-win situation of balanced expression. Imprinted genes typically produce symptoms that are opposites of each other, and the author uses psychiatric case material to show how many of the symptoms of psychosis can be shown to be the mental mirror-images of those of autism.
Combining psychiatry with insights from modern genetics and cognitive science, Christopher Badcock explains the fascinating imprinted brain theory to the reader in a thorough but accessible way. This new theory casts some intriguing new light on other topics as diverse as the nature of genius, the appeal of detective fiction, and the successes - and failures - of psychoanalysis.
This thought-provoking book is a must-read for anyone with an interest in autism, psychiatry, cognitive science or psychology in general.

The Imprinted Brain: How Genes Set the Balance Between Autism and Psychosis

Mental Health

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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Essential Freud Psychology

Essential Freud

Evolutionary Psychology: A Critical Introduction

Evolutionary Psychology: A Critical Introduction

Those You Killed

The Imprinted Brain: How Genes Set the Balance Between Autism and Psychosis