The general problem with sociobiology , evolutionary psychology and all social "darwinisms " is that they have a theory that the original human nature, the human nature of human evolution, was selfish like the ideal human in bourgeois or class divided society. Basically this idea is a reflection of private property ; that the whole of human society is the sum of individual parts , selves pursuing selfish , individual interests. This is not human nature , but dominant in the period of human written history and class society starting 6,000 years ago. The selfish individual is a product of capitalist culture not human nature.

The general problem with sociobiology , evolutionary psychology and all social "darwinisms " is that they have a theory that the original human nature, the human nature of human evolution, was selfish like the ideal human in bourgeois or class divided society. Basically this idea is a reflection of private property ; that the whole of human society is the sum of individual parts , selves pursuing selfish , individual interests.

This is not human nature , but dominant in the period of human written history and class society starting 6,000 years ago.

The selfish individual is a product of capitalist culture not human nature.

Let's found an Anthropological Psychology , especially in opposition to evolutionary psychology, socio/biology , all social "darwinisms". Anthropological psychology places emphasis on culture , language and inter and intra - generational memories in the psyches and personalities of individual humans : the "We" in the "I".


The human "I " is more "We" than most species' "I"'s BUT NOT ABSOLUTELY DETERMINED BY THE "WE. "


What is unique about the individual human psyche as compared to other primate or mammal individual's psyches , minds, brains , memories, perceptions ?

The human difference is so many of our memories are symbols , words, drawings , music, dance.

The whole collection of memories held in our INDIVIDUAL minds: Each human individual has her WHOLE language and culture in her MEMORY ;

and memories directly imitative ( not symbolic) of sensations or perceptions of the world outside her individual mind, of objective reality .

We have memories. We also have direct sensation of our immediate , here and now , surroundings . BUT most of the time that we see or hear or smell or touch something or somethings there must right way come to our mind a MEMORY of it or something like it or a SYMBOL OF IT. at the same time. Why ?Because it's familiar . We recognize it. Otherwise we would constantly feel lost . Every new sensation would be strange .

A main current new thought for me here is to focus on memories. Most thought is memories not perceptions and sensations of your individual external surroundings

However this is true of all animals ! All individual animals have most of their thoughts as MEMORIES !

Chimps have lots of picture similar images proportionately . We have proportionately more symbolic memories: words , sentences, conversations .