Oedipus in Evolution by Chjristopher Badcock

gift-able–advance reading copy ARC–uncorrected page paperback cover see pictures-lightly read if that soft pink paper–cover still bright–interior pages clean & free NO marking/highlighting–Spine not creased–slight bit of shelfwear/edge wear-no nasty stickers-printed in USA–collectible copy- book attempts to update Roy's three essential essays on the theory of sex new insights Fairbury 1999 240 pages publication date this copy has 215 pages including biography-In this controversial work, Christopher Badcock-a new theory of evolution based-primacy-female choice-clears away myths of what is "natural" -monogamy&heterosexualty-shows the evolutionary foundations for oedipal behaviour, homosexuality&penis-envy.unitinng Darwin's insights -importance of female choice with Freud's into male sexual conflict, the author proposes an original theory of evolution-new&revealing explanatory power.Common features of human behaviour-synchronization of menstrual cycles/cohabiting women,sibling rivalry, shown AS normal features of human physiology and psyche adaptive nature of depression, transference and mourning behaviour.takes the reader"beyond the pleasure principle",Freud notoriously failed to do,& answers central questions about human sexuality and social behaviour-remember–you get the book you were viewing-in the exact condition as photographed/no guesswork-Expedited Shipping available questions email or call before ordering.I have a good description and pictures,however some books can be an expensive purchase,how does one sell expensive books without pictures an ..Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa shipped through-USPS-ordering–advance reading copy ARC-Evolution in psychoanalysis;sex and parental investment; Oedipal reproductive strategies; female choice in human evolution. . C R Badcock ISBN: 0631157948 9780631157946- Oedipus complex. Sex (Psychology) Sociobiology. self-help 2 bib 2397