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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Iain McGilchrist |
| ISBN: | 9780300168921 0300168926 |
| OCLC Number: | 632079712 |
| Notes: | Originally published: 2009. |
| Description: | ix, 534 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | Asymmetry and the brain -- What do the two hemispheres 'do'? -- Language, truth, and music -- The nature of the two worlds -- The primacy of the right hemisphere -- The triumph of the left hemisphere -- Imitation and the evolution of culture -- The ancient world -- The Renaissance and the Reformation -- The Enlightenment -- Romanticism and the Industrial Revolution -- The modern and post-modern worlds. |
| Responsibility: | Iain McGilchrist. |
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"'A landmark new book... It tells a story you need to hear, of where we live now.' Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times 'A giant in his vital field shows convincingly that the degeneracy of the West springs from our failure to manage the binary division of our brains.' Book of the Year choice, David Cox, Evening Standard 'A scintillating intelligence is at work.' Economist 'This is a very remarkable book... I couldn't put it down.' Mary Midgley, The Guardian 'A beautifully written, erudite, fascinating, and adventurous book. It goes from the microstructure of the brain to great epochs of Western civilisation, confidently and readably.' A. C. Grayling, Literary Review" Read more...
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by lcp updated 2013-01-08