The Evolving Self: A Psychology for the Third Millennium

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060921927
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	06/28/1994
Series:	Harper Perennial
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.86(d)

About the Author

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a professor at Claremont Graduate University and former chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago. His previous books include The Evolving Self and the national bestseller Flow.

Table of Contents

Introduction		xi
PART I THE LURE OF THE PAST
The Mind and History		3	(25)
The Perspective of Evolution		3	(2)
The Global Network		5	(3)
At the Hinges of the New Millennium		8	(5)
Chance, Necessity, and Something Else		13	(2)
Are We Hopelessly Bad?		15	(3)
The Good and the Bad		18	(2)
The Emergence of the Self		20	(4)
Further Thoughts on "The Mind and History"		24	(4)
Who Controls the Mind?		28	(27)
Eternal Dissatisfaction		29	(3)
Chaos and Consciousness		32	(2)
Why Is Happiness So Elusive?		34	(3)
The Limits of Reason		37	(5)
The Addiction to Pleasure		42	(4)
Stress, Strain, and Hormones		46	(6)
Further Thoughts on "Who Controls the Mind?		52	(3)
The Veils of Maya		55	(31)
Illusion and Reality		55	(8)
The World of the Genes		63	(6)
The World of Culture		69	(7)
The World of the Self		76	(7)
Further Thoughts on "The Veils of Maya"		83	(3)
Predators and Parasites		86	(33)
The Forces of Selection		86	(3)
Power and Oppression		89	(6)
The Exploitation of Women and Children		95	(3)
Individual Differences in Power		98	(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