The Master and His Emissary
The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
A psychiatrist argues that the differing outlooks of the brain's two hemispheres have shaped Western culture since the ancient Greeks.
Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist argues that the brain’s two hemispheres see the world in different ways, with the right as the Master and the left as its Emissary. He contends that the tension between those two views has shaped Western culture since Plato, and that their growing conflict is changing the modern world. Some critics hailed the 2009 book as a landmark, while others felt the neuroscience could not support conclusions this sweeping.
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John Cleese
This is probably the most interesting, most important book I've ever read. McGilchrist is a quite extraordinary man.
Article · February 2017
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