This book proposes a developmental theory of human mind as a basic interaction system of meaning making elements - so called dualities - progressing in dialectical shifts towards higher self-awareness.
Tom Hagström is Professor Emeritus at Stockholm University, Sweden, PhD and licensed psychologist. He has been engaged for several decades in research as well as in methodological and theoretical development focusing mainly people`s action and development conditions in important life course and work life transitions.
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: A developing phenomenon in modern societies.- Chapter 3: The generality of stage transformations.- Chapter 4: The evolution towards self-consciousness.- Chapter 5: Basic abstract duality distinctions.- Chapter 6: The transforming duality forms.- Chapter 7: The meta system character.- Chapter 8: The duality system as cognition, socialization, and organization.- Chapter 9: General conclusions, intelligence, and challenges. Limits and potentials.