A seething mass of desires: Freud's hold over history
Ivan Tyrrell explores with Adam Curtis how Freudian ideas are flourishing in business and politics today and insidiously influence all of our lives
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Common ground: diplomacy and the human givens
John Bell suggests that only a radically different, innate needs-based approach to conflict resolution can bring a possibility of peace to the Middle East.  >> Read

Exploring the CULT in culture  
A revised version (including additional material) of an article by Ivan Tyrrell, first published in 1993, that explores Dr Arthur Deikman's enlightening work on cult behaviour.  >> Read

The Social Brain  
Denise Winn talks with Professor John Ratey about the brain as a social organ, and the need to be alert early to inept social skills.  >> Read

The Human Givens Charter  
To ordinary, intelligent people, the governments of the world seem all at sea. It is clear that, in all the different ways in which they try to deal with the complex problems of the world, they are missing an essential element: that of the psychology of human nature, which is programmed into us from our genes (hence we call this the human givens). These givens can be straightforwardly expressed as needs and resources and meeting the one, and correctly using the other, are key to global mental health.

The Human Givens Charter, and the pages that follow it, are intended to unpack what this means and provide an opportunity for us all to step back and look at the bigger picture.  >> Read

Imagine  >> Read

Humanity under stress: a survival strategy  >> Read

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Read more about the beneficial inroads the human givens approach has made into education, mental health and social services in this new book: An idea in practice: using the human givens approach >>