· 2018
The Primitive Edge of Experience
- 582citations
- 2018year
Short summary
This book proposes that human experience arises from the dynamic interaction of three distinct modes: depressive, paranoid-schizoid, and autistic-contiguous.
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Key points
- Human experience is theorized to be a product of three interacting modes.
- The three proposed modes are depressive, paranoid-schizoid, and autistic-contiguous.
- The book explores the dialectical interplay between these modes.
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Abstract
This book is concerned with the primitive edge of human experience. It explores the idea that human experience is the product of the dialectical interplay of three modes of generating experience: the depressive, the paranoid-schizoid, and the autistic-contiguous.
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Field: General Psychology
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