The Psychic Immune System

A Hidden Epiphenomenon of the Body's Own Defenses

Jerry Kroth (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2016
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-2891-7 (ISBN)

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The Psychic Immune System theorizes the existence of a hidden variable that acts via both unconscious and conscious processes to protect humans individually and collectively from mortal threats. Much like the physical immune system, the psychic immune system scans for danger, protects, heals, and ensures human safety and survival. Kroth argues that it isn’t just luck that has enabled people to survive the multitude of epidemics, wars, and environmental disasters that could have resulted in extinction, but rather the work of a complex system that has enabled us to survive. Scrutinizing a variety of past and present threats, Kroth points to traces of a systematic force that has protected humans. Recommended for scholars of psychology, history, and political science.

Jerry Kroth is associate professor emeritus in the graduate counseling psychology program at Santa Clara University.

Introduction: Invisibility
Part I: Dark Matters
1.Two Strains of Plague
2.On the Shore with Thucydides
3.Nuclear Winter
Part II: Epiphenomenon: A Glimpse into the Hidden World of the Psychic Immune System
4. An Overview of the Physical Immune System
5. The Innate Psychic Immune System: Fight-Flight, Competition, and Territoriality
6. The Innate Psychic Immune System: Cooperation, Nonviolence, and Reciprocal Altruism
7. The Adaptive Immune System
8. The Artificial Psychic Immune System
9. The Invisible Psychic Immune System
Part III: An Experimental Test of the Theory
10. Hypothesis Testing: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
11. How Global Warming Might Test the Theory of the Psychic Immune System

Erscheinungsdatum	19.09.2016
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 234 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
ISBN-10	1-4985-2891-0 / 1498528910
ISBN-13	978-1-4985-2891-7 / 9781498528917
Zustand	Neuware