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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Edition: Paperback [edition]Description: 1 online resource (553 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300197587 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Master and his emissary : the divided brain and the making of the Western world.DDC classification:
  • 612.8/2 23
LOC classification:
  • QP385.5 .M36 2010eb
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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.
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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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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