{"product_id":"the-descent-of-madness-evolutionary-origins-of-psychosis-and-the-social-brain-9781583917435","title":"The Descent of Madness: Evolutionary Origins of Psychosis and the Social Brain","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jonathan Burns\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Psychopathology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on evidence from across the behavioural and natural sciences, this book advances a radical new hypothesis: that madness exists as a costly consequence of the evolution of a sophisticated social brain in Homo sapiens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving explained the rationale for an evolutionary approach to psychosis, the author makes a case for psychotic illness in our living ape relatives, as well as in human ancestors. He then reviews existing evolutionary theories of psychosis, before introducing his own thesis: that the same genes causing madness are responsible for the evolution of our highly social brain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Burns' novel Darwinian analysis of the importance of psychosis for human survival provides some meaning for this form of suffering. It also spurs us to a renewed commitment to changing our societies in a way that allows the mentally ill the opportunity of living. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Descent of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to those in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, sociology and anthropology, and is also accessible to the general reader.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46931810746519,"sku":"9781583917435","price":3444.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781583917435.webp?v=1771616315","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-descent-of-madness-evolutionary-origins-of-psychosis-and-the-social-brain-9781583917435","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}