International Library of Psychology Philosophy and Scientific Method The Social Basis of Consciousness International Library of Psychology Philosophy and Scientific Method GENERAL EDITOR . C. K. OGDEN, M. A. Magdalen College, Cambridge PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES . . . . by G. E. MOORE, LittD. THE MISUSE OF MIND by KARIN STEPHEN CONFLICT AND DREAM . . . by W. H. R. RIVERS, F. R. S. PSYCHOLOGY AND POLITICS . . by W. H. R. RIVERS, F. R. S. MEDICINE, MAGIC AND RELIGION . by W. H. R. RIVERS, F. R. S. PSYCHOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY . by W. H. R. RIVERS. F. R. S. TRACTATUS LOGICO-PHILOSOPHICUS . . by L. WITTGENSTEIN THE MEASUREMENT OF EMOTION . . by W. WHATELY SMITM PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPES . . . . by C. G. JUNG, M. D. , LL. D. SCIENTIFIC METHOD by A. D. RITCHIE SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT by C. D. BROAD, Litt D. MIND AND ITS PLACE IN NATURE . . by C. D. BROAD, Litt. D. THE MEANING OF MEANING. by C K. OGDEN and I. A. RICHARDS CHARACTER AND THE UNCONSCIOUS . by J. H. VAN DER HOOP INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY . by ALFRED ADLER CHANCE, LOVE AND LOGIC by C. S. PEIRCE SPECULATIONS Preface by Jacob Epstein . . by T E. HULME THE PSYCHOLOGY OF REASONING . . by EUGENIO RIGNANO BIOLOGICAL MEMORY by EUGENIO RIGNANO THE PHILOSOPHY OF Music . . . . by W. POLE, F R S. THE PHILOSOPHY OF As IF . . . . by H. VAIHINGER THE NATURE OF LAUGHTER . . . . by. C. GREGORY THE NATURE OF INTELLIGENCE . . . . by L. L. THURSTONE TELEPATHY AND CLAIRVOYANCE .... by R. TISCHNER THE GROWTH OF THE MIND . . . . by K. KOFFKA THE MENTALITY OF APES by W. KOHLER PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS MYSTICISM . . . by J. H. LEUBA THE PSYCHOLOGY OF A MUSICAL PRODIGY . by G. REVESZ PRINCIPLES OF LITERARY CRITICISM . . by I. A. RICHARDS METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE by E. A. BURTT, Ph D. COLOUR-BLINDNESS . . . . . by M. COLLINS, Ph. D. PHYSIQUE AND CHARACTER by ERNST KRETSCHMER PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTION . . . by J. T. MACCURDY, M. D. PROBLEMS OF PERSONALITY . . in honour of MORTON PRINCE PSYCHE by E ROHDE PSYCHOLOGY OF TIME by M. STURT THE HISTORY OF MATERIALISM by F. A. LANGE EMOTION AND INSANITY . . . . by S. THALBITZER PERSONALITY by R. G. GORDON, M. D. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY by CHARLES Fox LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT OF THE CHILD . . . by . PIAGET COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY . . . by P. MASSON-OURSEL CRIME AND CUSTOM IN SAVAGE SOCIETY by B. MALINOWSKI, D. Sc. THEORETICAL BIOLOGY by J. VON UEXKOLL THOUGHT AND THE BRAIN by H. PI RON. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CHARACTER . . . by A. A. ROBACK SOCIAL LIFE IN THE ANIMAL WORLD ... by F. ALVERDES THE ANALYSIS OF MATTER . . by BERTRAND RUSSELL, F. R. S. THE EFFECTS OF Music .... edited by MAX SCHOEN SOCIAL BASIS OF CONSCIOUSNESS by TRIGANT BURROW, M D., Ph D. IN PREPARATION SEX AND REPRESSION IN SAVAGE SOCIETY . by B. MALINOWSKI, r c. RELIGIOUS CONVERSION by S. DE SANCTIS POLITICAL PLURALISM by KUNG-CHUAN HSIAO DIALECTIC by M. J. ADLER POSSIBILITY ... . by SCOTT BUCHANAN NEUROTIC PERSONALITY . . . . by R. G. GORDON, M. D. PROBLEMS IN PSYCHOPATHOLOGY . by T. W. MITCHELL, M. D, THE LAWS OF FEELING by F. PAULHAN STATISTICAL METHOD IN ECONOMICS . by P. SARGANT FLORENCE COLOUR-HARMONY ....... by JAMES WOOD THE INTEGRATIVE ACTION OF THE MlND . . by E. MILLER INSECT SOCIETIES by W. M. WHEELER, Ph. D. PSYCHOLOGY OF INSECTS by J. G. MYERS PLATOS THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE . . . by F. M. CORNFORD THEORY OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS . by F. G. CROOKSHANK, M. D. The Social Basis of Consciousness A Study in Organic Psychology Based upon a Synthetic and Societal Concept of the Neuroses BY TRIGANT BURROW M. D., PH. D. LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER CO. LTD. NEW YORK HARCOURT, BRACE COMPANY, INC. 1927 THE SOCIAL BASIS OF CONSCIOUSNESS Chapter I, Part I, was first published in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, and Chapter II, Part I, in The Psychoanalytic Keview. Acknowledg ment is made to the Editors for permission to include these papers in the present volume. FRINTFD IN l...