The Master and His Emissary : The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World [New Expanded Version]

McGilchrist, Iain

United States , 2009

By Yale University Press
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Card Covers, 588 pages, 5.5x8.5 in [14x21.5 cm]. Colour photographs and B&W illustrations.

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Like new.

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Author Iain McGilchrist explores how the brain's two hemispheres — the holistic, intuitive right and the analytical, focused left — shape our perception and culture. McGilchrist argues that Western society has increasingly favoured the left hemisphere's narrow, mechanistic view, leading to a loss of depth, meaning, and balance. The book blends neuroscience, philosophy, and cultural history to show how this hemispheric imbalance has influenced the development — and potential decline

ISBN

9780300245929
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