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  3. From Subjective Experience to Cultural Change
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
May 2010
Print publication year:
1999
Online ISBN:
9780511571343
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511571343
Subjects:
Social Psychology, Sociology: General Interest, Psychology, Sociology
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Book description

This book emphasizes the evolving rather than homeostatic aspects of human behavior. Beginning with theories of complexity and self generation of behavior, Inghilleri emphasizes the central role of psychic functioning in the domain of biological and cultural evolution. Psychic processes, considered determined, autonomous, and generative with respect to the processes of biological and cultural evolution, are viewed in relation to greater processes of complexity and autonomy of organization. The theory of Self-Determination, developed by Deci and Ryan, and the theory of Flow, developed by Csikszentmihalyi, are considered from this point of view. In addition, the theoretical framework offered by Inghilleri is tested in specific fields: academia, creativity, mental health, and culture change processes.

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‘The themes in this book are comprehensive and broad, linking biology and culture in an evolutionary view.’

Source: Transcultural Psychiatry

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