Human Development, Language and the Future of Mankind The Madness of
Drawing on and integrating unorthodox thought from a broad range of disciplines including clinical psychology, linguistics, philosophy, natural science and psychoanalysis, this book offers a provocative, original analysis of the global threats to our surv
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lso by Louis S. Berger AVERTING GLOBAL EXTINCTION: Our Irrational Society as Therapy Patient INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS: A New Approach for the Behavioural Sciences ISSUES IN PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHOLOGY: Annotated Collected Papers LANGUAGE AND THE INEFFABLE: A Developmental Perspective and its Applications PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: What Makes a Theory Consequential for Practice? PSYCHOTHERAPY AS PRAXIS: Abandoning Misapplied Science SUBSTANCE ABUSE AS SYMPTOM: A Psychoanalytic Critique of Treatment Approaches and the Cultural Beliefs That Sustain Them THE UNBOUNDARIED SELF: Putting the Person Back into the View from Nowhere
Human Development, Language and the Future of Mankind The Madness of Culture Louis S. Berger Consultant and Independent Practitioner Formerly based at Southwest Research Institute and University of Louisville School of Medicine
© Louis S. Berger 2014 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-41526-4 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-49053-0 ISBN 978-1-137-41527-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137415271 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Berger, Louis S. Human development, language, and the future of mankind : the madness of culture / Louis S. Berger, Independent Practitioner, USA. pages cm 1. Psychology—Philosophy. 2. Human behavior—Philosophy. 3. Psycholinguistics—Philosophy. 4. Civilization—Philosophy. 5. Social problems—Philosophy. I. Title. BF38.B457 2014 150—dc23
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