The master and his emissary : : the divided brain and the making of the Western world / / Iain McGilchrist.
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Haven : : Yale University Press,, [2010] 2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Edition: | Paperback [edition]. |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (553 pages) :; illustrations (some color) |
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Table of 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.