Consciousness Reconnected
Missing Links Between Self, Neuroscience, Psychology and the Arts
- 232 pages
- English
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Consciousness Reconnected
Missing Links Between Self, Neuroscience, Psychology and the Arts
About this book
What is consciousness? The answer to this question has eluded thinkers for millennia. In modern times, scientists have struggled to find a complete answer, often hampered by the limitations of their particular specialisms. Derek Steinberg's unique approach constructs a multi-faceted model of mind involving science and the arts, from which the sense of personal identity emerges. In a masterful tour-de-force, he establishes links between otherwise distinct or even conflicting disciplines. In this radical departure, the author argues that the arts, literature and human culture in the broadest sense make their contributions to understanding consciousness and the sense of self, though they are rarely acknowledged in mainstream debate.
Rather than focusing only on what lies between the ears, Steinberg casts a wide net. He explores the connections between sciences and the humanities as he takes the debate into new areas. This book is fascinating and enlightening reading for everyone interested in human nature and the psyche, as well as for students and professionals in the fields of neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology, medicine, social science, anthropology, philosophy and the arts, for whom the book is a breakthrough in the challenge of cross-disciplinary collaboration.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- About the author
- Other books by Derek Steinberg
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A short walk around the subject
- 2 Consciousness disconnected: The title, some definitions, and ways of thinking about consciousness
- 3 First stop Babel: advice before embarking: Tribal behaviour likely to be encountered during the excursions, and how it throws light on the nature of consciousness
- 4 The genie in the genes: how chemicals could become conscious: How evolution and time led to a most extraordinary development
- 5 A fateful attachment: Family life: from necessities to niceties
- 6 Twists in the tale Histories and mysteries: philosophies of mind and the uncertain nature of reality
- 7 Archetype: Two serious heresies: the mystery of the archetype, and the inheritance of experience
- 8 What the poets know: Art: the artist as visionary, magician, explorer and clown
- 9 Connecting up: On making up one’s mind
- 10 Clinical consciousness: a few notes: Messages for psychiatry?
- 11 In whose own image?: Self, nature, supernature and belief
- References
- Index