THE EVOLVING SELF --- A PSYCHOLOGY FOR THE THIRD MILLENIUM by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Harper Perennial, 1993.
    INTRODUCTION (pxi-xviii)

    PART 1 --- THE LURE OF THE PAST (p1-146)

      1) The mind and history (p3-27)

        [1] The perspective of evolution (p3-5)

        [2] The "Global Network" (p5-8)

        [3] At the "hinges" of the new millennium (p8-13)

        [4] Chance, necessity, and something else (p13-15)

        [5] Are we hopelessly bad? (p15-18)

        [6] The good and the bad (p18-20)

        [7] The emergence of the SELF (p20-24)

        [8] Further thoughts on "The Mind and History" (p24-26)

      2) Who controls the mind? (p28-54)

        [1] Eternal dissatisfaction (p29-32)

        [2] Chaos and consciousness (p32-34)

        [3] Why is HAPPINESS so elusive? (p34-37)

        [4] The limits of REASON (p37-42)

        [5] The addiction to PLEASURE (p42-46)

        [6] Stress, strain, and hormones (p46-52)

        [7] Further thoughts on "Who controls the mind?" (p52-54 )

      3) The "Veils of Maya" (p55-85)

        [1] Illusion and reality (p55-63)

        [2] The world of the genes (p63-69)

        [3] The world of culture (p69-76)

        [4] The world of SELF (p76-83)

        [5] Further thoughts on The "Veils of Maya" (p83-85)

      4) Predators and parasites (p86-118)

        [1] The forces of selection (p86-89)

        [2] Power and oppression (p89-94)

        [3] The exploitation of women and children (p95-98)

        [4] Individual differences in power (p98-101)

        [5] The transmission of inequality (p101-105)

        [6] Parasitic exploitation (p105-107)

        [7] The strategy of irresponsibility (p107-109)

        [8] Exploitation through mimicry (p109-114)

        [9] Further thoughts on "Predators and Parasites" (p24-26)

      5) "Memes" versus "Genes" (p119-146)

        [1] The competition of MEMES (p120-126)

        [2] MEMES and addiction (p126-131)

        [3] MEMES and media (p131-136)

        [4] The competition of ideas (p136-139)

        [5] MEMES and materialism (p139-143)

        [6] Further thoughts on "Memes" versus "Genes" (p144-146)

    PART 2 --- (p147-296)

      6) Directing evolution (p149-174)

        [1] Some principles of evolution (p150-157)

        [2] The nature of complexity (p157-159)

        [3] Morality and evolution (p159-162)

        [4] The control of population (p162-165)

        [5] "Eumemics" --- limiting the reproduction of MEMES (p165-169)

        [6] Complexity of "consciousness" (p169-172)

        [7] Further thoughts on "Directing evolution" (p20-24)

      7) Evolution and FLOW (p175-206)

        [1] The elements of FLOW (p179-187)

        [2] Why is FLOW rewarding? (p187-192)

        [3] The consequences of FLOW(p95-100)

        [4] What happens when FLOW is absent?(p197-199)

        [5] FLOW in everyday life (p199-204)

        [6] Further thoughts on "Evolution and FLOW (p18-20)

      8) The transient SELF (p207-251)

        [1] What "transcenders" are like (p208-216)

        [2] What is the "SELF"? (p216-219)

        [3] Evolving images of the "IDEAL SELF" (p219-234)

        [4] The development of the SELF through the life span (p234-237>

        [5] FLOW and the growth of the SELF (p237-238

        [5] The skills of spirituality and wisdom (p238-244)

        [7] The challenges of the future (p244-249)

        [8] Further thoughts on The "TRANSCENDENT SELF" (p24-26)

      9) The FLOW of history (p252-278)

        [1] FLOW and the evolution of technology (p254-258)

        [2] FLOW and historical change (p258-266)

        [3] The "Good Society" (p266-269)

        [4] Creating a "Good Society" (p269-272)

        [5] Educating for the "Good Society" (p272-277)

        [6] Further thoughts on "The FLOW of history" (p277-278)

      10) "A fellowship of the future" (279-296)

        [1] Forging a “fellowship” (p281-285)

        [2] Cells of the future (p285-289)

        [3] A "faith" of the future (p289-294)

        [4] Further thoughts on "A fellowship of the future" (p294-296)

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (p297-298)

    NOTES (p299-334)

    REFERENCES (p335-350)

    INDEX (p351-358)

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