The Master and His Emissary
eBook - PDF

The Master and His Emissary

The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

  1. 616 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Master and His Emissary

The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

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Information

Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9780300247459
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. ILLUSTRATIONS
  3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  4. PREFACE TO THE NEW EXPANDED EDITION
  5. INTRODUCTION. THE MASTER AND HIS EMISSARY
  6. PART ONE. THE DIVIDED BRAIN
  7. Chapter 1. Asymmetry and the Brain
  8. Chapter 2. What do the Two Hemispheres ‘Do’?
  9. Chapter 3. Language, Truth and Music
  10. Chapter 4. The Nature of the Two Worlds
  11. Chapter 5. The Primacy of the Right Hemisphere
  12. Chapter 6. The Triumph of the Left Hemisphere
  13. PART TWO. HOW THE BRAIN HAS SHAPED OUR WORLD
  14. Chapter 7. Imitation and the Evolution of Culture
  15. Chapter 8. The Ancient World
  16. Chapter 9. The Renaissance and the Reformation
  17. Chapter 10. The Enlightenment
  18. Chapter 11. Romanticism and the Industrial Revolution
  19. Chapter 12. The Modern and Post-Modern Worlds
  20. Conclusion. The Master Betrayed
  21. NOTES
  22. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  23. INDEX