| Description |
491 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"With a new afterword by the author"--Jacket. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
What is human consciousness, where did it come from, and how does it determine who we are and how we live in the world? At the heart of this book is the theory that human consciousness did not develop over time--that, in fact, ancient peoples from mesopotamia to Peru did not "think" as we do and therefore were not conscious. Drawing on laboratory studies of the brain and clos examination of archaeological evidence, the author concludes that consciousness is not a product of evolution but of catastrophic events in our own history, events that occurred as recently as three thousand years ago. |
| Contents |
Bk. 1. The mind of man. The consciousness of consciousness. Consciousness. The mind of Iliad. The bicameral mind. The double brain. The origin of civilization -- Bk. 2. Gods, graves, and idols. Literature bicameral theocracies. The causes od consciousness. A change of mind in Mesopotamia. The intellectual consciousness of Greece. The Moral consciousness of the Khabiru -- Bk. 3. Vestiges of the bicameral mind in the modern world. The quest for authorization. Of prophets and possession. Of poetry and music. Hypnosis. Schizophrenia. The Auguries of science. |
| Subject |
Consciousness.
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Consciousness -- History.
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Civilization -- history.
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Consciousness.
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Consciousness. (OCoLC)fst00875441
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| Indexed Term |
Consciousness |
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Consciousness History |
| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
Bicameral mind.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Jaynes, Julian, 1920-1997. Origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, ©1990 (OCoLC)555807870 |
| ISBN |
1395564727 |
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9780395564721 (hardcover) |
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0395564727 (hardcover) |
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9780395563526 (pbk.) |
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0395563526 (pbk.) |
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9780618057078 (paperback) |
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0618057072 (paperback) |
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9780140174915 (PENGUIN, 1993 REPRINT) |
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0140174915 (PENGUIN, 1993 REPRINT) |
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9781518212376 (Follettbound) |
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