"Stanley Palombo has written a volume of fundamental importance that brings to psychoanalysis relevant new concepts from complexity theory, game theory, information science, neurophysiology, and theoretical biology -- particularly recent advances in the theory of evolution. The Emergent Ego: Complexity and Coevolution in the Psychoanalytic Process lays to rest any questions about the status of psychoanalysis as a branch of natural science. For the first time. Palombo has made it possible to explain what we have done right ...
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"Stanley Palombo has written a volume of fundamental importance that brings to psychoanalysis relevant new concepts from complexity theory, game theory, information science, neurophysiology, and theoretical biology -- particularly recent advances in the theory of evolution. The Emergent Ego: Complexity and Coevolution in the Psychoanalytic Process lays to rest any questions about the status of psychoanalysis as a branch of natural science. For the first time. Palombo has made it possible to explain what we have done right when our work has been effective. The range of this scientific survey is encyclopedic. The Emergent E_go is a major achievement that all mental health professionals will profit from studying in detail." -- John E. Gedo. M.D.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Text is unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are lightly foxed. Binding is sturdy. Dust jacket shows a little light edge wear. 395pp.