Consciousness, Language, and Self

Psychoanalytic, Linguistic, and Anthropological Explorations of the Dual Nature of Mind

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Mental Health
Cover of the book Consciousness, Language, and Self by Michael Robbins, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Michael Robbins ISBN: 9781351039604
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: April 19, 2018
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Michael Robbins
ISBN: 9781351039604
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: April 19, 2018
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Consciousness, Language, and Self proposes that the human self is innately bilingual. Conscious mind includes two qualitatively distinct mental processes, each of which uses the same formal elements of language differently. The "mother tongue," the language of primordial consciousness, begins in utero and our second language, reflective symbolic thought, begins in infancy.

Michael Robbins describes the respective roles the two conscious mental processes and their particular use of language play in the course of normal and pathological development, as well as the role the language of primordial consciousness plays in adult life in such phenomena as dreaming, infant-caregiver attachment, creativity, belief systems and their effects on social and political life, cultural differences, and psychosis. Examples include creative persons, extreme political figures and psychotic individuals. Five original essays, written by the author’s current and former patients, describe what they learned about their aberrant uses of language and their origins.

This book sheds new light on several controversies that have been limited by the incorrect assumption that reflective representational thought and its language is the only conscious mental state. These include the debate within linguistics about whether language is the expression of a hardwired instinct whose identifying feature is recursion; within psychoanalysis about the nature of conscious and unconscious mental processes, and within cognitive philosophy about whether language and thought are isomorphic.

Consciousness, Language, and Self will be of great value to psychoanalysts, as well as students and scholars of linguistics, cognitive philosophy and cultural anthropology.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Consciousness, Language, and Self proposes that the human self is innately bilingual. Conscious mind includes two qualitatively distinct mental processes, each of which uses the same formal elements of language differently. The "mother tongue," the language of primordial consciousness, begins in utero and our second language, reflective symbolic thought, begins in infancy.

Michael Robbins describes the respective roles the two conscious mental processes and their particular use of language play in the course of normal and pathological development, as well as the role the language of primordial consciousness plays in adult life in such phenomena as dreaming, infant-caregiver attachment, creativity, belief systems and their effects on social and political life, cultural differences, and psychosis. Examples include creative persons, extreme political figures and psychotic individuals. Five original essays, written by the author’s current and former patients, describe what they learned about their aberrant uses of language and their origins.

This book sheds new light on several controversies that have been limited by the incorrect assumption that reflective representational thought and its language is the only conscious mental state. These include the debate within linguistics about whether language is the expression of a hardwired instinct whose identifying feature is recursion; within psychoanalysis about the nature of conscious and unconscious mental processes, and within cognitive philosophy about whether language and thought are isomorphic.

Consciousness, Language, and Self will be of great value to psychoanalysts, as well as students and scholars of linguistics, cognitive philosophy and cultural anthropology.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Global Compensation by Michael Robbins
Cover of the book The Oil Industry and Government Strategy in the North Sea by Michael Robbins
Cover of the book Teacher Expectations in Education by Michael Robbins
Cover of the book Servicing the Middle Classes by Michael Robbins
Cover of the book On Freud's Femininity by Michael Robbins
Cover of the book Responding to Climate Change in Asian Cities by Michael Robbins
Cover of the book Soviet Operational and Tactical Combat in Manchuria, 1945 by Michael Robbins
Cover of the book Holistic Therapy for People with Dissociative Identity Disorder by Michael Robbins
Cover of the book Setting Consensus Goals for Academic Achievement by Michael Robbins
Cover of the book Using Technology in Teaching and Learning by Michael Robbins
Cover of the book Club Management Issues in Australia and North America by Michael Robbins
Cover of the book Men and the War on Obesity by Michael Robbins
Cover of the book Design for Sustainability by Michael Robbins
Cover of the book Soviet Film Music by Michael Robbins
Cover of the book The Significance of Dreams by Michael Robbins
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy