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First published in 1962, the original blurb reads: 'This provocative book explores the whole range of human thought conduct and beliefs. Commencing with primitive man and his superstitions it goes on to study our present-day cultural institutions, customs, ritual and other behaviour upon which we pride ourselves. ...'
List of contents
1. General Introduction 2. Symptomology: Delusions of Primitive Man 3. Mythology, Cosmogony and Comparative Religion 4. Current Behaviour: Libido Expressed in Social Customs 5. The Social Neurosis of Modern Man 6. Marriage 7. Growing Up 8. Education 9. Sport, Games and Social Expressions of Aggression 10. Fear 11. War 12. Politics and Punishment 13. Culture and the Psychology of Authoritarian Institutions 14. Belief in God 15. Religion, an Emotionally Determined Belief 16. ‘Treatment’ and Ego Development 17. The Mind is Primarily a Physiological Organ 18. A Modern Cosmogony 19. The Macrocosm 20. Protein Synthesis and the Origin of Life 21. The Origin of Living Forms and the Development of Nerve Tissue 22. Outline of Evolution 23. Growth and Structure of the Mind 24. Treatment, Prognosis, Untruth and Truth and the Feeling-Tone of Life. Bibliography. Index.
About the author
Charles Berg (1892-1957)
Summary
First published in 1962, the original blurb reads: ‘This provocative book explores the whole range of human thought conduct and beliefs. Commencing with primitive man and his superstitions it goes on to study our present-day cultural institutions, customs, ritual and other behaviour upon which we pride ourselves. ...'
