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The Evolving Self

by: Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly

The Evolving Self

by: Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly

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0060921927
Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 02/08/2010
Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

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Summary

The author of the bestselling Flow (more than 125,000 copies sold) offers an intelligent, inspiring guide to life in the future.

Introduction

PART I THE LURE OF THE PAST

The Mind and History

(25)

The Perspective of Evolution

(2)

The Global Network

(3)

At the Hinges of the New Millennium

(5)

Chance, Necessity, and Something Else

(2)

Are We Hopelessly Bad?

(3)

The Good and the Bad

(2)

The Emergence of the Self

(4)

Further Thoughts on ``The Mind and History''

(4)

Who Controls the Mind?

(27)

Eternal Dissatisfaction

(3)

Chaos and Consciousness

(2)

Why Is Happiness So Elusive?

(3)

The Limits of Reason

(5)

The Addiction to Pleasure

(4)

Stress, Strain, and Hormones

(6)

Further Thoughts on ``Who Controls the Mind?

(3)

The Veils of Maya

(31)

Illusion and Reality

(8)

The World of the Genes

(6)

The World of Culture

(7)

The World of the Self

(7)

Further Thoughts on ``The Veils of Maya``

(3)

Predators and Parasites

(33)

The Forces of Selection

(3)

Power and Oppression

(6)

The Exploitation of Women and Children

(3)

Individual Differences in Power

(3)

The Transmission of Inequality

101

(4)

Parasitic Exploitation

105

(2)

The Strategy of Irresponsibility

107

(2)

Exploitation Through Mimicry

109

(5)

Further Thoughts on ``Predators and Parasites``

114

(5)

Memes Versus Genes

119

(30)

The Competition of Memes

120

(6)

Memes and Addiction

126

(5)

Memes and Media

131

(5)

The Competition of Ideas

136

(3)

Memes and Materialism

139

(4)

Further Thoughts on ``Memes versus Genes''

143

(6)

PART II THE POWER OF THE FUTURE

Directing Evolution

149

(26)

Some Principles of Evolution

150

(7)

The Nature of Complexity

157

(2)

Morality and Evolution

159

(3)

The Control of Population

162

(3)

Eumemics: Limiting the Reproduction of Memes

165

(4)

Complexity of Consciousness

169

(3)

Further Thoughts on ``Directing Evolution''

172

(3)

Evolution and Flow

175

(32)

The Elements of Flow

179

(8)

Why Is Flow Rewarding?

187

(5)

The Consequences of Flow

192

(5)

What Happens When Flow Is Absent?

197

(2)

Flow in Everyday Life

199

(5)

Further Thoughts on ``Evolution and Flow''

204

(3)

The Transcendent Self

207

(45)

What Transcenders Are Like

208

(8)

What Is the Self?

216

(3)

Evolving Images of the Ideal Self

219

(15)

The Development of the Self Through the Life Span

234

(3)

Flow and the Growth of the Self

237

(1)

The Skills of Spirituality and Wisdom

238

(6)

The Challenges of the Future

244

(5)

Further Thoughts on ``The Transcendent Self''

249

(3)

The Flow of History

252

(27)

Flow and the Evolution of Technology

254

(4)

Flow and Historical Change

258

(8)

The Good Society

266

(3)

Creating a Good Society

269

(3)

Educating for the Good Society

272

(5)

Further Thoughts on ``The Flow of History''

277

(2)

A Fellowship of the Future

279

(18)

Forging a Fellowship

281

(4)

Cells of the Future

285

(4)

A Faith of the Future

289

(5)

Further Thoughts on ``A Fellowship of the Future''

294

(3)

Acknowledgments

297

(2)

Notes

299

(36)

References

335

(16)

Index

351

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The Evolving Self

The Evolving Self

9780060921927

0060921927

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