
Human Consciousness and Its Evolution
A Multidimensional View
Richard W. Coan(Author)
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 21. April 1987
Book
Hardback
197 pages
978-0-313-25619-6 (ISBN)
Description
?This book focuses on psychic evolution and examines the roots and presuppositions of evolutionary theories. It explores the possible goals of human psychic development, the origins of human consciousness, and various conceptions of psychic development in the Occidental and Oriental world. In the final chapter, Coan presents a comprehensive multidemensional view of human psychic development. Coan maintains that the goal of human consciousness must be understood as the maximization of all our potentials for perceiving, understanding, and judging; that maximazation requires that we have ready access to all these potentials. It also means that we are able to choose the states of consiousness and modes of awareness that best meet our needs. Readers who follow the running debate on this fascinating issue will find this book a gold mine. Suitable for the professional and general reader alike.?-Choice
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
473 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-25619-6 (9780313256196)
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Person
RICHARD W. COAN is Professor of Psychology at the University of Arizona.
Content
Preface The Roots and Presuppositions of Evolutionary Theories The Goal of Human Psychic Development The Origins of Consciousness The Psychic Development of the Western World The Psychic Development of the Orient Some Partial Views on Psychic Evolution A More Comprehensive View of Psychic Development Bibliography Index