Fonagy, Peter;
Campbell, Chloe;
(2024)
Collective selfhood as a psychically necessary illusion.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
, 47
, Article e178. 10.1017/S0140525X24000633.
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Abstract
Drawing on developmental psychopathology and thinking about the we-mode of social cognition, we propose that historical myths – be they on the scale of the family, the nation or an ethnic group – are an expression and function of our need to join with other minds. As such, historical myths are one cognitive technology used to facilitate social learning, the transmission of culture and the relational mentalizing that underpins social and emotional functioning.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Collective selfhood as a psychically necessary illusion |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0140525X24000633 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X24000633 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10193323 |
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