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The master and his emissary : the divided brain and the making of the Western world / Iain McGilchrist.

By: Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2010Edition: Paperback [edition]Description: ix, 534 pages. : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780300168921
  • 9780300188370
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.8/2 23
LOC classification:
  • QP385.5 .M36 2010
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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