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McGilchrist Iain |
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The Master and His Emissary : The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World / / Iain McGilchrist |
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New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2019] |
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©2019 |
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[New Expanded Edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (615 pages) |
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Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE TO THE NEW EXPANDED EDITION -- INTRODUCTION. THE MASTER AND HIS EMISSARY -- PART ONE. THE DIVIDED BRAIN -- Chapter 1. Asymmetry and the Brain -- Chapter 2. What do the Two Hemispheres 'Do'? -- Chapter 3. Language, Truth and Music -- Chapter 4. The Nature of the Two Worlds -- Chapter 5. The Primacy of the Right Hemisphere -- Chapter 6. The Triumph of the Left Hemisphere -- PART TWO. HOW THE BRAIN HAS SHAPED OUR WORLD -- Chapter 7. Imitation and the Evolution of Culture -- Chapter 8. The Ancient World -- Chapter 9. The Renaissance and the Reformation -- Chapter 10. The Enlightenment -- Chapter 11. Romanticism and the Industrial Revolution -- Chapter 12. The Modern and Post-Modern Worlds -- Conclusion. The Master Betrayed -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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A new edition of the bestselling classic - published with a special introduction to mark its 10th anniversary This pioneering account sets out to understand the structure of the human brain - the place where mind meets matter. Until recently, the left hemisphere of our brain has been seen as the 'rational' side, the superior partner to the right. But is this distinction true? Drawing on a vast body of experimental research, Iain McGilchrist argues while our left brain makes for a wonderful servant, it is a very poor master. As he shows, it is the right side which is the more reliable and insightful. Without it, our world would be |
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mechanistic - stripped of depth, colour and value. |
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