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Tables of Contents for The Evolving Self
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
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