The Incredible Shrinking Mind: What Happens When The Human Equation Gets Lost

139 Pages·2013·0.68 MB·English

by  Gerald Alper

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MIND

THE INCREDIBLE
SHRINKING MIND
What Happens When the
Human Equation Gets Lost
Gerald Alper
First published in 2013 by
Karnac Books Ltd
118 Finchley Road
London NW3 5HT
Copyright © 2013 by Gerald Alper
The right of Gerald Alper to be identified as the author of this work has been
asserted in accordance with §§ 77 and 78 of the Copyright Design and Patents
Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in
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ISBN-13: 978-1-78049-185-1
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CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR ix
PREFACE xi
CHAPTER ONE
The psychic rat 1
CHAPTER TWO
If you could save the entire human race from perishing
by strangling to death one innocent child … 19
CHAPTER THREE
Homo economicus 39
CHAPTER FOUR
One on one with God 61
CHAPTER FIVE
Sound bites from the cosmos 93
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viii CONTENTS
REFERENCES 113
INDEX 117
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gerald Alper is an internationally recognised psychotherapist, fellow
of the American Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and
author of eighteen books, including The Puppeteers and Portrait of an
Artist as a Young Patient. He is a former reviewer for the Journal of
Contemporary Psychology and is currently based in New York.
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