Title: Evolving Human Community and Conscious Mind
Subtitle: A Coevolutionary Story
Subject Classification:  Sociology, Philosophy, Anthropology  
BIC Classification: JFCA, JPA, PSAN
BISAC Classification: SOC026000, PHI015000, SOC002010
Binding: Hardback, eBook
Planned publication date: Feb 2027
ISBN (Hardback): 978-1-83711-976-9
ISBN (eBook): 978-1-83711-977-6

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Description

While the cultural evolution of human consciousness is a well-explored field, Evolving Human Community and Conscious Mind offers a new perspective. The book proposes a novel, emphatically social scientific framework rooted in Deweyan pragmatism. The authors introduce a systematic methodological relationalist approach to argue that human consciousness is not an innate, individualistic property of the brain, but a coevolutionary product of community and communication. Tracing the development of the mind from the origins of social learning to the contemporary challenges posed by artificial intelligence, the book makes a compelling case for an 'evolutionary sociology'. This interdisciplinary work is essential reading for scholars and advanced students in sociology, philosophy of mind, evolutionary anthropology, and communication studies who are seeking a sophisticated, socially-grounded theory of the human mind.

Biography

Author(s):  Professor emeritus Osmo Kivinen was a full professor in the social sciences in the University of Turku, Finland for more than 20 years. He has published hundreds of scientific articles on social scientific and related issues, including education, human evolution, methodology, philosophy, sociology, technology, and the working life.
Postdoctoral researcher Tero Piiroinen has worked in the academia continuously for over 20 years. Since the beginning of 2022 he has been a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Social Research in the University of Turku, Finland. His research interests include human evolution, meaning, mind, social theory, and various philosophical views on those subjects.

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