# Homo Schizo II: Human Nature and Behavior

**Author:** Alfred de Grazia  
**Year:** 1983  
**Publisher:** Metron Publications, Princeton, N.J.  
**Series:** Quantavolution & Catastrophe  

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## Synopsis

*Homo Schizo II* extends the model introduced in Volume I into the domain of human behavior — emotion, sexuality, aggression, language, and social organization. De Grazia analyzes everyday and institutional human behavior as expressions of the schizoid character shaped by ancestral catastrophic trauma.

Topics include: the origin of language as a response to catastrophe, the psychology of crowds and panic under sky-terror, sexual behavior and fertility cults as response to perceived celestial punishment, and the persistence of "catastrophic time" (cyclical fear) in cultures long after the events themselves.

Where Volume I focused on culture and origins, this volume focuses on the individual and social psychology of the catastrophist-adapted human being. Together the two volumes constitute de Grazia's complete theory of human nature.

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## Key Themes

- Language origin through catastrophic vocalization and ritual
- Sexual and fertility cults as sky-terror responses
- Crowd psychology and panic as evolutionary adaptations
- The persistence of archaic fear patterns in modern institutions
- Aggression and war as displaced celestial combat reenactment

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## See Also

- [Author Index](../README.md)
- [Homo Schizo I](homo-schizo-i.md) — companion volume on cultural hologenesis
- [Divine Succession](divine-succession.md) — gods as celestial bodies in the psyche

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Keywords: #Homo #Schizo #II #Nature #Behavior