The master and his emissary

McGilchrist, Iain.

The master and his emissary the divided brain and the making of the Western world / [electronic resource] : Iain McGilchrist. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009. - ix, 534 p. : ill.

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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