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A Species in Denial by Mr Jeremy Griffith (Paperback, 2004)

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A definitive work on the human condition, with a foreword by Templeton Prize winning biologist Charles Birch. The book addresses the crux issue of the human condition, our capacity for good and evil, describing how humans have coped with the dilemma by living in denial of it. It then explains the biological reason for the human condition, ending the denial and maturing humanity to psychological freedom. Examines science, religion, politics, psychiatry, mythology, men and women. REVIEWS: 'Jeremy's is a superb book, it brings out the truth of a new and wider frontier for humankind, a forward view of a world of humans no longer in naked competition amongst ourselves and with all others.' John Morton, Emeritus Professor of Zoology, Auckland University 'A breakthrough in understanding the human condition.' Dr John H Champness, Australian psychologist and educator 'Jeremy Griffith is the latest and one of the most challenging thinkers [his book] goes against so much of the resigned don't-rock-the-boat attitude of the Western mind There are not many books offering as much. It offers so many insights into our divided selves.' Ronald Conway OAM, distinguished Australian psychologist Australian Quarterly Journal of Contemporary Analysis, Jan-Feb 2004 Why are we the way we are? Why do we do things we know we ought not to do? What do we really mean by 'original sin'? Can science explain our contradictory nature? Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species connected humans with nature, but since then biology has been stalled, unable to address the dilemma of the human condition our capacity for good and evil. If the universally accepted moral ideal is to be co-operative, loving and selfless, why are we humans so competitive, aggressive and selfish? Ignorance about ourselves, about why we behave the way we do, has been an immense affliction. In fact, without being able to understand and to reconcile our contradictory behaviour, we have had little choice but to block out the whole depressing subject and live in a state of denial. In A SPECIES IN DENIAL biologist Jeremy Griffith argues that only by understanding why we have become less than ideally behaved can we at last safely face the truth about our condition and learn to live in full harmony with ourselves and with others. The 'truth sets us free', but it had to be the whole truth that explains rather than criticises us. Griffith suggests that in fact there is a biological explanation for why humans are angry, egocentric and alienated. Human 'sin' or 'upset' as he terms it, has been a necessary and unavoidable stage in our upward evolutionary development. Life isn't driven by a competitive model of 'survival of the fittest', but rather by a drive towards greater co-operativeness and integration. With the accumulated knowledge of science we can finally understand how, despite appearances, we have been a part of this process, and it is this liberating insight which finally brings about the maturity of the human race. Divided into four essays A SPECIES IN DENIAL sets out Griffith's definitive treatise on the human condition: Deciphering Plato's Cave Allegory an explanation of how a biological understanding of the human condition can liberate humanity from its 'cave-like' state of denial. Resignation looks at the most important psychological event in human life. If humans are living in a state of deep psychological denial then the question arises, are we born with this denial, and if not, when and how do we adopt it? This essay explains how adolescents begin trying to understand the dilemma of the human condition. However, with humanity unable until now to explain this deepest of issues, young people eventually learn they have no choice but to resign themselves to a life of denial. Bringing Peace to the War between the Sexes and the Denial-Free History of the Human Race some of the deepest wounds in human life have been caused by the lack of u

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PublisherWtm Publishing & Communications Pty LTD

ISBN-139781741290011

eBay Product ID (ePID)87042971

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SubjectPsychology, Science, Biology

Publication Year2004

Number of Pages528 Pages

Publication NameA Species in Denial

LanguageEnglish

TypeTextbook

AuthorMr Jeremy Griffith

FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Height234 mm

Item Width153 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia

Title_AuthorMr Jeremy Griffith

TopicTheology, Popular Philosophy, Religious History

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