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Format: 1 online resource (203 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9783031547089

Note: Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I Living Consciousness in Communication and Education -- 1 Living Consciousness: Introduction -- 1.1 Living Consciousness -- 1.2 What is Covered -- 1.3 Points Put Forward -- 1.4 Who Might Benefit from This Book -- References -- 2 Living Consciousness and the Cultural-Historical Method: Limits of Applicability -- 2.1 Problem: Psyche and Living Consciousness -- 2.2 Living Consciousness as a Source of Higher Mental Functions -- 2.3 Living Consciousness and Cultural-Historical Approach -- 2.4 Living Consciousness and the 'Paradox of Learning' -- 2.5 Studies of Living Consciousness in Psychology -- 2.6 Living Consciousness and Cognitive Psychology of the Mainstream -- 2.7 The Mixed Blessing of Psychotherapies -- 2.8 Personal Experience -- 2.9 Limits of Applicability -- References -- 3 Magical Thinking and Magical Experience as Dimensions of Living Consciousness -- 3.1 Two Dimensions of Living Consciousness -- 3.2 The Laws of Living Consciousness and Physical Reality -- 3.3 Magical Thinking and Magical Beliefs -- 3.4 Do Children and Adults Believe in Magic? -- 3.5 Curiosity Towards Magic and the Motivation for Learning -- 3.6 Magical Experience as a Generator of Psychic Energy -- 3.7 Magical Experience and the Belief in Magic as the Source of Influence and Mind Control -- 3.8 Taming the Magic: Conclusion -- References -- Part II Living Consciousness and the Universe -- 4 Man in the Mirror of Nature: Science and Living Consciousness -- 4.1 Problem: The Cosmic Solitude -- 4.2 Personal Universe -- 4.3 The Revolt of Machines -- 4.4 Neuroscience in the Narcissistic Mirror -- 4.5 'Digitalization' of Living Consciousness -- 4.6 Science and Living Consciousness -- 4.7 Studying Living Consciousness -- 4.8 Ordering the Chaos: Conclusion -- References. , 5 Is Living Consciousness a Simulation? Children's and Adults' Reactions to the 'Person Is a Simulation' Hypothesis -- 5.1 Introduction: Is a Person a Simulation? -- 5.2 How Mighty Is the Almighty Wizard? Children's Reaction to the Idea That the Almighty Wizard Could Come Out of Their Imagination into the External World -- 5.3 Jumping Out of the Imagination: Adults' Responses to the Suggestion that the Almighty Wizard Could Obtain Independent Existence -- 5.4 Why Is It Hard to Accept that a Person Is a Simulation: Conclusion -- References -- 6 Living Consciousness in Historical Context -- 6.1 Beliefs About Living Consciousness in the Era of Modernity and Their Bifurcations in the Era of Postmodernism -- 6.2 Bifurcation 1: Realism -- 6.2.1 Basics of the Belief in Realism -- 6.2.2 Bifurcation of the Belief in Realism -- 6.2.3 Art: The Belief in Primacy of Living Consciousness -- 6.2.4 Science: The Belief in Primacy of Rational Constructions -- 6.2.4.1 Informational Reductionism -- 6.2.4.2 Evolutionary Reductionism -- 6.2.5 Consequences of Believing in the Primacy of Consciousness and in the Primacy of Rational Constructions -- 6.3 Bifurcation 2: Symbolism -- 6.3.1 Digital and Animated Types of Representation -- 6.3.2 Consequences of the Transition from Symbolic to Digital and Animated Types of Representation -- 6.4 Bifurcation 3: Limited Freedom -- 6.4.1 Belief in Unlimited Freedom -- 6.4.2 Belief in Hard Determinism -- 6.4.3 Consequences of Believing in Unlimited Freedom and Hard Determinism -- 6.5 Global Results of the Bifurcation of Living Consciousness: Conclusion -- References -- Part III Living Consciousness in Modern Life and Society -- 7 Reason in the Cobweb: Magical Manipulation of Living Consciousness -- 7.1 'Social engineering' in the Context of Criminology -- 7.2 Magical Participation as a Psychological Mechanism of Living Consciousness. , 7.3 Participation in Communication in a Historical Frame -- 7.4 Participation in Communication as the Mechanism of Manipulation of Living Consciousness -- 7.5 Techniques of Magical Manipulation Based on the Participation in Communication -- 7.6 Magical Manipulation of Living Consciousness of Groups and Masses -- 7.7 Protection Against the Magical Manipulation of Living Consciousness -- 7.7.1 Rule 1. Watch Your Feelings -- 7.7.2 Rule 2. Remember that Magical Thinking Still Lives in Your Unconscious -- 7.7.3 Rule 3. Pay Attention to the Request for Unconditional Trust Without the Right of Criticism -- 7.7.4 Rule 4. Watch for Signs of Ambitious Superiority in the Therapist's Behaviour -- 7.7.5 Rule 5. Monitor the Possibility of Interrupting Therapy at Any Time and Consult with a Third Party -- 7.7.6 Rule 6. Never Give in to Pressure -- 7.7.7 Rule 7. Always Weigh Pros and Cons in Advance -- 7.8 Participation in Communication as a Base of Magical Manipulation: Conclusion -- References -- 8 Fake-Reality: Cheating on Living Consciousness on a Mass Scale -- 8.1 Magical Participation with External Messages as a Source of Fake-Reality -- 8.2 Fake-Reality -- 8.3 Reality One Can Play with -- 8.4 Fake-Reality in a Historical Perspective -- 8.5 Fakes Good and Bad -- 8.6 Living with Fake-Reality -- 8.7 Participation and Fake-Reality: Summary and Conclusion -- References -- 9 Totalitarian Media Narratives: Living Consciousness in Captivity -- 9.1 The Belief in the Divine Origins of Political Power -- 9.2 Democracy and Authoritarianism -- 9.3 The Totalitarian Media Narrative as a Phenomenon of the Society's Living Consciousness -- 9.4 Russia and Ukraine: The Psychological Origins of the Conflict -- 9.4.1 What FORM Was Violated in This Conflict? -- 9.5 Russia and the West: Media Totalitarianism -- 9.6 Conclusion and Cautious Forecast -- References. , 10 Golem: Living Consciousness Without the Brain -- 10.1 Individual and Society -- 10.2 The Concept of Golem -- 10.3 Golem's Consciousness -- 10.4 Faking Morality: Sub-golems as Ideologists -- 10.5 Golem's Dreams -- 10.6 A Leader of Golem -- 10.7 Golem's Decay -- 10.8 The Relation of an Individual to His or Her Golem -- 10.9 Some Basic Rules that Make Sense for an Individual to Follow in Relation to His or Her Golem -- References -- The Mysteries of the Mundane: Epilogue and Summary -- Index.

Additional Edition: Print version: Subbotsky, Eugene The Magic of Living Consciousness Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2024 ISBN 9783031547072

Language: English