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Others in Mind: The Origins of Self-Consciousness

Others in Mind: The Origins of Self-Consciousness

Paperback

CognitionGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 0521729653
ISBN13: 9780521729659
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Feb 9 2009
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Why are we so prone to guilt and embarrassment? Why do we care so much about how others see us, about our reputation? What are the origins of such afflictions? Philippe Rochat argues that it is because we are members of a species that evolved the unique propensity to reflect upon themselves as an object of thoughts; an object of thoughts that is potentially evaluated by others. But, the argument goes, this propensity comes from a basic fear: the fear of rejection, of being socially banned and ostracized. Others in Mind is about self-consciousness, how it originates and how it shapes our lives. Self-consciousness is arguably the most important and revealing of all psychological problems.

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