The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind,9780618057078

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

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ISBN13: 9780618057078
ISBN10: 0618057072
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-08-15
Publisher(s): Mariner Books
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Preface v
Introduction: The Problem of Consciousness 1(20)
Book I The Mind of Man
The Consciousness of Consciousness
21(27)
Consciousness
48(19)
The Mind of Iliad
67(17)
The Bicameral Mind
84(16)
The Double Brain
100(26)
The Origin of Civilization
126(23)
Book II The Witness of History
Gods, Graves, and Idols
149(27)
Literate Bicameral Theocracies
176(28)
The Causes of Consciousness
204(19)
A Change of Mind in Mesopotamia
223(32)
The Intellectual Consciousness of Greece
255(38)
The Moral Consciousness of the Khabiru
293(24)
Book III Vestiges of the Bicameral Mind in the Modern World
The Quest for Authorization
317(22)
Of Prophets and Possession
339(22)
Of Poetry and Music
361(18)
Hypnosis
379(25)
Schizophrenia
404(29)
The Auguries of Science
433(14)
Afterword 447(24)
Index 471

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