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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Paperback - 2000

by Julian Jaynes

At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Jaynes's controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only 3,000 years ago and still is developing.


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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.

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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.

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O, WHAT A WORLD of unseen visions and heard silences, this insubstantial country of the mind!

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  • Title The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
  • Author Julian Jaynes
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 31578th
  • Pages 512
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mariner Books, Boston
  • Date 2000-08-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780618057078 / 0618057072
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 1.35 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 3.43 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Consciousness, Consciousness - History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 128.2

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"When Julian Jaynes . . . speculates that until late in the twentieth millennium b.c. men had no consciousness but were automatically obeying the voices of the gods, we are astounded but compelled to follow this remarkable thesis." -- John Updike The New Yorker

Citations

  • Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/15/2014, Page 6
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