Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

Name: Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
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ISBN: 9780618057078

ISBN-10: 0618057072

ISBN-13: 9780618057078

Edition: 2000

Authors: Julian Jaynes

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At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and culture, our religion -- and indeed our future.

Book details

List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Julian Jaynes (1923-1997) achieved an almost cult-like reputation for this controversial book, which was his only published work.



Freface


Introduction: The Problem of Consciousness



The Mind of Man



The Consciousness of Consciousness



Consciousness



The Mind of Iliad



The Bicameral Mind



The Double Brain



The Origin of Civilization



The Witness of History



Gods, Graves, and Idols



Literate Bicameral Theocracies



The Causes of Consciousness



A Change of Mind in Mesopotamia



The Intellectual Consciousness of Greece



The Moral Consciousness of the Khabiru



Vestiges of the Bicameral Mind in the Modern World



The Quest for Authorization



Of Prophets and Possession



Of Poetry and Music



Hypnosis



Schizophrenia



The Auguries of Science


Afterword


Index