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The Rape Of The Mind: The Psychology Of Thought Control, Menticide And Brainwashing Hardcover – May 1, 2011
Author: Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo ID: 1258008815
Hardcover: 318 pagesPublisher: Literary Licensing, LLC (May 1, 2011)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 9781258008819ISBN-13: 978-1258008819ID: 1258008815 Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #1,222,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #57394 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Literary
If you want to know where you are in the world, or more aptly put; where the world with you in it is, this is the book for you.
Clearly and succinctly enumerates the measures and counter-measures of how the most defective of mentalities attempts to play us against ourselves everyday.
The danger in publishing is the everyone gets to read what you have written. Clearly, this book was not intended for the majority of the hands it fell into. Be sure of yourself and your intentions before reading.
This book was recommended to me by a friend. Once I started to read this book, I could not put the book down. I readily understood and identified with Meerloo’s arguments. Meerloo exposes the failures of democracies and dictatorial systems. He understands that all man-made political and economic systems are susceptible to thought control. America is no exception. If you desire to protect yourself from subliminal seduction, read this book! I also recommend that one read Frantz Fanon’s "Black Skin, White Mask".
this book is awesome and a must-read. if you google you will find a FREE PDF of this book. though a book like this could disappear from the net and you may wish to enjoy a hard copy. definitely read it! you’ll enjoy if you’re interested in the mind. Download The Rape Of The Mind: The Psychology Of Thought Control, Menticide And Brainwashing – May 1, 2011 Pdf Download
Medical Law and Ethics (5th Edition) 5th Edition
Author: Visit ‘s Bonnie F. Fremgen Page ID: 0133998983
About the Author
Bonnie F. Fremgen, Ph.D., is a former associate dean of the Allied Health Program at Robert Morris College and was vice-president of a hospital in suburban Chicago. She has taught medical law and ethics courses as well as clinical and administrative topics. She has broad interests and experiences in the healthcare field, including hospitals, nursing homes, and physicians’ offices. She currently has 2 patents on a unique circulation-assisting wheelchair.
Dr. Fremgen holds a nursing degree as well as a master’s in healthcare administration. She received her Ph.D. from the College of Education at the University of Illinois. She has performed postdoctoral studies in medical law at Loyola University Law School in Chicago.
Dr. Fremgen has taught ethics at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana; University of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan; and Saint Xavier University, Chicago, Illinois.
Paperback: 432 pagesPublisher: Prentice Hall; 5 edition (January 3, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0133998983ISBN-13: 978-0133998986 Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 0.7 x 9.9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #135,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #36 in Books > Law > Health & Medical Law > Medical Law & Legislation #55 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Administration & Policy > Ethics #84 in Books > Medical Books > Medicine > Medical Ethics
Arrived right on time. However, I purchased a new book The upper left hand corner is all smashed in and creased. Something sticky on the outside cover. Looks as though it may have been used and returned. This is definitely not a new book.
I received it in PERFECT condition , i was able to pass my class with no worries(:
I am happy to purchase this…..comes in handy for review!!
Medical Law and Ethics 5th Edition 9780133998986 Medical Law and Ethics 5th Edition 9780133998986 Medicine Health Science Books Amazon comMedical Law and Ethics 5th Edition MyPearsonStore Brief Contents Introduction to Medical Law Ethics and Bioethics PART I THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT The Legal System Essentials of the Legal System for Healthcare Search medical law and ethics fifth edition Quizlet Medical Law and Ethics Chap 1 Introduction to Medical Law Ethics Bioethics9780133998986 Medical Law and Ethics FIFTH EDITION Save more on Medical Law and Ethics FIFTH EDITION 9780134092676 Rent college textbooks as an eBook for less Never pay or wait for shipping
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The Rape Of The Mind: The Psychology Of Thought Control, Menticide And Brainwashing Hardcover – May 1, 2011
Author: Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo ID: 1258008815
Hardcover: 318 pagesPublisher: Literary Licensing, LLC (May 1, 2011)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 9781258008819ISBN-13: 978-1258008819ID: 1258008815 Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #1,222,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #57394 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Literary
If you want to know where you are in the world, or more aptly put; where the world with you in it is, this is the book for you.
Clearly and succinctly enumerates the measures and counter-measures of how the most defective of mentalities attempts to play us against ourselves everyday.
The danger in publishing is the everyone gets to read what you have written. Clearly, this book was not intended for the majority of the hands it fell into. Be sure of yourself and your intentions before reading.
This book was recommended to me by a friend. Once I started to read this book, I could not put the book down. I readily understood and identified with Meerloo’s arguments. Meerloo exposes the failures of democracies and dictatorial systems. He understands that all man-made political and economic systems are susceptible to thought control. America is no exception. If you desire to protect yourself from subliminal seduction, read this book! I also recommend that one read Frantz Fanon’s "Black Skin, White Mask".
this book is awesome and a must-read. if you google you will find a FREE PDF of this book. though a book like this could disappear from the net and you may wish to enjoy a hard copy. definitely read it! you’ll enjoy if you’re interested in the mind. Download The Rape Of The Mind: The Psychology Of Thought Control, Menticide And Brainwashing – May 1, 2011 Pdf Download
Medical Law and Ethics (5th Edition) 5th Edition
Author: Visit ‘s Bonnie F. Fremgen Page ID: 0133998983
About the Author
Bonnie F. Fremgen, Ph.D., is a former associate dean of the Allied Health Program at Robert Morris College and was vice-president of a hospital in suburban Chicago. She has taught medical law and ethics courses as well as clinical and administrative topics. She has broad interests and experiences in the healthcare field, including hospitals, nursing homes, and physicians’ offices. She currently has 2 patents on a unique circulation-assisting wheelchair.
Dr. Fremgen holds a nursing degree as well as a master’s in healthcare administration. She received her Ph.D. from the College of Education at the University of Illinois. She has performed postdoctoral studies in medical law at Loyola University Law School in Chicago.
Dr. Fremgen has taught ethics at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana; University of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan; and Saint Xavier University, Chicago, Illinois.
Paperback: 432 pagesPublisher: Prentice Hall; 5 edition (January 3, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0133998983ISBN-13: 978-0133998986 Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 0.7 x 9.9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #135,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #36 in Books > Law > Health & Medical Law > Medical Law & Legislation #55 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Administration & Policy > Ethics #84 in Books > Medical Books > Medicine > Medical Ethics
Arrived right on time. However, I purchased a new book The upper left hand corner is all smashed in and creased. Something sticky on the outside cover. Looks as though it may have been used and returned. This is definitely not a new book.
I received it in PERFECT condition , i was able to pass my class with no worries(:
I am happy to purchase this…..comes in handy for review!!
Medical Law and Ethics 5th Edition 9780133998986 Medical Law and Ethics 5th Edition 9780133998986 Medicine Health Science Books Amazon comMedical Law and Ethics 5th Edition MyPearsonStore Brief Contents Introduction to Medical Law Ethics and Bioethics PART I THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT The Legal System Essentials of the Legal System for Healthcare Search medical law and ethics fifth edition Quizlet Medical Law and Ethics Chap 1 Introduction to Medical Law Ethics Bioethics9780133998986 Medical Law and Ethics FIFTH EDITION Save more on Medical Law and Ethics FIFTH EDITION 9780134092676 Rent college textbooks as an eBook for less Never pay or wait for shipping
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Introducing the LSAT: The Fox Test Prep Quick & Dirty LSAT Primer Kindle Edition
Author: Visit ‘s Nathan Fox Page ID: B00GDOMZQO
Done.
File Size: 392 KBPrint Length: 110 pagesPublication Date: October 31, 2013 Sold by: Digital Services, Inc. Language: EnglishID: B00GDOMZQOText-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Word Wise: Not EnabledLending: Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled Best Sellers Rank: #48,400 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #3 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Education & Teaching > Test Preparation > Graduate & Professional > LSAT #32 in Books > Education & Teaching > Higher & Continuing Education > Test Preparation > Graduate School > LSAT #40 in Books > Law > Legal Education > Test Preparation
Yeah, he drops a few F-bombs, but its for impact, and indeed, gets his point across.
You can read this book in one sitting, and get an extremely good feel for what you’re in for, what to expect, and how to think about the problems so that you don’t get blindsided.
Obviously, it’s not by any means comprehensive or all-inclusive with respect to studying for the LSAT, but since there are thousands every year who for unexplained reasons attempt the LSAT with little or no prep, this book, at the very least, is essential reading for those folks!
If you’ve got more time, he wrote some in-depth books too, I would highly recommend checking those out if you’re going the self-study route and actually investing the time to do it right.
The one biggest thing I can say about this author is that he is in this for the test-taking student, not the money. He does NOT just sell you the book and say, "Thanks for the cash!"…he is very open in his books about "call or email me any time with any questions"…what other authors do that? Ok, one other for LSAT prep, but other than that, I’ve never seen an open call for reader inquiries. Right?? And by the way, (and I have extensive career experience in this) the cost of the book basically covers printing and fees. That it. No one’s getting rich here (well, except , obviously, but where else can I sit comfortably at home and have this book just suddenly appear in my hands in 2 days. So there you go).
Well done, Sir.
Have you ever purchased a chunky test reviewer? Did this (insert brand name here) book leave you more confused and agitated than when you began studying?
Nathan Fox’s "Introducing the LSAT" is not that kind of book. He is brash and straight-to-the point… but in a good way. The way that forces you to get off of your hammock and actually take the time to practice.
Yes, one of Fox’s secrets is that there is no secret to getting a higher score – just practice. So how does this book help, you may ask. "Introducing…" breaks down each section of the LSAT and explains the process and reasoning behind his solutions. It explains why some choices are BS while some may initially smell like BS, but are not. Instead of simply listing an answer key at the back of the book, he takes the time to elaborate on how he arrives at each and every answer.
Most importantly, he encourages us to take a combative attitude towards this standardized test. For reading comprehension questions, he urges us to ask the test makers, "Why are you wasting my time with this [passage]?" I have found that this mindset to be more effective than, "I don’t get this text!"
"Introducing the LSAT" is a compact booklet that is dense with practical test taking tips. Most of what Fox preaches can also be applied onto other standardized tests. Find out why it has helped so may students on their path to law school.
I’m taking the October 5 LSAT. This is the first LSAT book I chose to begin my prep with (yes, I did get the PowerScore Bibles, too). The writing style is simple and straight to the point. There are no "airs" about this book. Fox is sincerely interested in making sure LSAT test takers do well, and this book proves it. Start with this book, then go and Download Introducing the LSAT: The Fox Test Prep Quick & Dirty LSAT Primer Kindle Edition Free PDF
Introducing the LSAT: The Fox Test Prep Quick & Dirty LSAT Primer Kindle Edition
Author: Visit ‘s Nathan Fox Page ID: B00GDOMZQO
Done.
File Size: 392 KBPrint Length: 110 pagesPublication Date: October 31, 2013 Sold by: Digital Services, Inc. Language: EnglishID: B00GDOMZQOText-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Word Wise: Not EnabledLending: Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled Best Sellers Rank: #48,400 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #3 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Education & Teaching > Test Preparation > Graduate & Professional > LSAT #32 in Books > Education & Teaching > Higher & Continuing Education > Test Preparation > Graduate School > LSAT #40 in Books > Law > Legal Education > Test Preparation
Yeah, he drops a few F-bombs, but its for impact, and indeed, gets his point across.
You can read this book in one sitting, and get an extremely good feel for what you’re in for, what to expect, and how to think about the problems so that you don’t get blindsided.
Obviously, it’s not by any means comprehensive or all-inclusive with respect to studying for the LSAT, but since there are thousands every year who for unexplained reasons attempt the LSAT with little or no prep, this book, at the very least, is essential reading for those folks!
If you’ve got more time, he wrote some in-depth books too, I would highly recommend checking those out if you’re going the self-study route and actually investing the time to do it right.
The one biggest thing I can say about this author is that he is in this for the test-taking student, not the money. He does NOT just sell you the book and say, "Thanks for the cash!"…he is very open in his books about "call or email me any time with any questions"…what other authors do that? Ok, one other for LSAT prep, but other than that, I’ve never seen an open call for reader inquiries. Right?? And by the way, (and I have extensive career experience in this) the cost of the book basically covers printing and fees. That it. No one’s getting rich here (well, except , obviously, but where else can I sit comfortably at home and have this book just suddenly appear in my hands in 2 days. So there you go).
Well done, Sir.
Have you ever purchased a chunky test reviewer? Did this (insert brand name here) book leave you more confused and agitated than when you began studying?
Nathan Fox’s "Introducing the LSAT" is not that kind of book. He is brash and straight-to-the point… but in a good way. The way that forces you to get off of your hammock and actually take the time to practice.
Yes, one of Fox’s secrets is that there is no secret to getting a higher score – just practice. So how does this book help, you may ask. "Introducing…" breaks down each section of the LSAT and explains the process and reasoning behind his solutions. It explains why some choices are BS while some may initially smell like BS, but are not. Instead of simply listing an answer key at the back of the book, he takes the time to elaborate on how he arrives at each and every answer.
Most importantly, he encourages us to take a combative attitude towards this standardized test. For reading comprehension questions, he urges us to ask the test makers, "Why are you wasting my time with this [passage]?" I have found that this mindset to be more effective than, "I don’t get this text!"
"Introducing the LSAT" is a compact booklet that is dense with practical test taking tips. Most of what Fox preaches can also be applied onto other standardized tests. Find out why it has helped so may students on their path to law school.
I’m taking the October 5 LSAT. This is the first LSAT book I chose to begin my prep with (yes, I did get the PowerScore Bibles, too). The writing style is simple and straight to the point. There are no "airs" about this book. Fox is sincerely interested in making sure LSAT test takers do well, and this book proves it. Start with this book, then go and Download Introducing the LSAT: The Fox Test Prep Quick & Dirty LSAT Primer Kindle Edition Free PDF
“McGilchrist describes broad [intellectual] movements and famous figures as if they were battles and soldiers in a 2,500-year war between the brain’s hemispheres. . . A scintillating intelligence is at work. . .” – Economist
(Economist 2009-11-26)
“A landmark new book. . . It tells a story you need to hear, of where we live now.”— Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times
(Bryan Appleyard The Sunday Times)
“This is a very remarkable book. . . McGilchrist, who is both an experienced psychiatrist and a shrewd philosopher, looks at the relation between our two brain-hemispheres in a new light, not just as an interesting neurological problem but as a crucial shaping factor in our culture. . . splendidly thought-provoking. . . . I couldn’t put it down.”–Mary Midgley, The Guardian
(Mary Midgley The Guardian)
“A beautifully written, erudite, fascinating, and adventurous book. It goes from the microstructure of the brain to great epochs of Western civilisation, confidently and readably. One turns its five hundred pages . . . as if it were an adventure story.” — A. C. Grayling, Literary Review
(A.C. Grayling Literary Review)
“It is no exaggeration to say that this quite remarkable book will radically change the way you understand the world and yourself. . . . It is a genuine tour de force, a monumental achievement.”–David Lorimer, Scientific and Medical Network Review
(David Lorimer Scientific and Medical Network Review)
“Absolutely fascinating.”–Jessa Crispin, Editor of Bookslut.com
(Jessa Crispin Bookslut.com)
“At last! A book on neuroscience that is a thrilling read, philosophically astute and with wonderful science.”–Mark Vernon, Philosophy and Life blog
(Mark Vernon Philosophy and Life blog)
‘Though neurologists may well not welcome it because it asks them new questions, the rest of us will surely find it splendidly thought-provoking. And I do have to say that, fat though it is, I couldn’t put it down.’ — The London Review of Books
(The London Review of Books 2010-02-01)
“Hugely ambitious.”–Jonah Lehrer, Bookforum
(Jonah Lehrer Bookforum)
“To call Iain McGilchrist’s The Master and His Emissary. . . an account of brain hemispheres is to woefully misrepresent its range. McGilchrist. . . persuasively argues that our society is suffering from the consequences of an over-dominant left hemisphere losing touch with its natural regulative ‘master,’ the right.”– Salley Vicker, The Guardian
(Salley Vicker The Guardian)
Named one of the best books of 2010 by The Guardian (Best Books of 2010 Guardian)
“This insightful, erudite and thought-provoking examination of the brain’s hemispheres can change how you see (or think you see) the world.”–PopMatters
(PopMatters)
“In his fascinating, groundbreaking, relentlessly researched, and eloquently written work, Iain McGilchrist, a consultant psychiatrist as well as professor of English—one wants to say a ‘scientist’ as well as an ‘artist’—challenges this misconception. The difference between the hemispheres, McGilchrist argues, is not in what they do, but in how they do it. And it’s a difference that makes all the difference.”—Gary Lachman, Los Angeles Times
(Gary Lachman Los Angeles Times)
“That a book can lead me to question myself is praise indeed—I can think of no higher recommendation. Like any really interesting book, it is to be valued more for this than for any answers it gives.”—Felix Dux, Parabola
(Felix Dux Parabola)
See all Editorial Reviews
Hardcover: 608 pagesPublisher: Yale University Press (December 15, 2009)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 030014878XISBN-13: 978-0300148787 Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 2.2 inches Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds Best Sellers Rank: #453,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #315 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Medicine > Basic Sciences > Neuroscience #325 in Books > Textbooks > Social Sciences > Psychology > Neuropsychology #513 in Books > Textbooks > Science & Mathematics > Biology & Life Sciences > Anatomy & Physiology
Ian McGilchrist’s thick book on the "divided brain" is the most interesting book I’ve read this year. I’d come to regard the fabled right brain/left brain antithesis as so much entertaining pop psychology (e.g., Daniel Pink’s A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future) — handy for provoking corporate robots, but hardly more than a convenient fiction. McGilchrist has convinced me that it’s a metaphor worth taking seriously, that in fact it may be the fundamental metaphor for a scientistic age.
McGilchrist’s thesis is simple: the right hemisphere of the brain (the "Master" of his title) provides our primary connection to the world – to whatever is outside ourselves; the left hemisphere is its Emissary, breaking wholes into parts, analyzing and abstracting, devising categories, names and theories, then returning the results of its investigations to the right brain to be integrated into lived experience. The health of both individuals and civilizations depends upon the reciprocal connection. The problem is that the left brain, which imagines it "knows" things it can’t possibly know, usurps its role and projects its own partial, definite vision of the world onto the world’s essentially ambiguous reality.
Stated simply (and the above is my own wording for McGilchrist’s argument) I risk making the book sound as if it was written by a crank with an overweening metaphor. Nothing could be further from the truth. The book, which begins by examining a huge range of neurological research on the brain, then examines how the structure of the brain has affected (nothing less than!
Iain McGilchrist `The Master and His Emissary’ : For sceptics and careful investors
Recent decades constitute a golden age for brain research, using new technology and methods. However, this gold has too often been mixed with lead, and even mud. Some have clung stubbornly to quickly outdated research, while others have aimed to cash-in on the prestige and fascination of such research by exploiting (sometimes for psycho-political as well as commercial purposes) half-truths and misunderstandings. At one extreme the brain becomes a fetish, while at another extreme it seems smart to speak of the allegedly obvious as `a no-brainer’. Hence, when a new, big, brain-book attracts such enthusiastic acclaim as this one, it is only prudent to be mindful of the need for caution.
Happily, Iain McGilchrist has provided on a personal website ([…]) not only summaries of his qualifications, experience and commitments, but also his book’s complete and illuminating Introduction (about 15 pages), along with his table of contents and chapters. The caution, and respect for evidence and argument – as well as for his readers, to be found in this introduction are sufficient to show that he is an outstanding thinker, as well as researcher, polymath, cultural critic and humanistic practitioner, who deserves to be given the benefit of the doubt by any prospective purchaser. He is a genuinely interdisciplinary thinker, who – just because he appreciates disciplinary boundaries – is well prepared to cross them responsibly in developing his argument and insights.
Another impressively reliable reviewer, in addition to those already available on the site, is the great moral philosopher, interpreter of life-sciences, and cultural critic Mary Midgley.
I agree with all the previous reviews of this remarkable book. As I was reading, I kept track of the specific elements of each of the hemispheres that McGilchrist cites in this well researched book. I thought I would share this with the readers:
A very partial summary of the nature of the left hemisphere could be as follows: it has an emphasis on doing, on things mechanistic, of the "whatness" of things; it is interested purely in functions and can only see things in context. The LH is not interested in living things. It does not understand metaphor and deals with pieces of information but cannot see the gestalt of situations. It recognizes the familiar and is not the hemisphere that attends to the "new", therefore it searches for what it already understands to categorize and nail down, often with (another of its characteristics) an unreasonable certainty of itself. Remember, it can’t observe anything outside of its own confines. Since it prefers the known, it attempts to repackage new information (if unaided by the RH) as familiar – a kind of re-presenting the experience. It positively prefers (and defends!) what it knows! The LH tends to deny discrepancies that do not fit its already generated schema of things. It creates "a sort of self-reflexive virtual world" according to McGilchrist. Additionally, it is "regional" and focuses narrowly. The metaphor for its structure is vertical. It brings an attention that isolates, fixes and makes things explicit by bringing it under the spotlight of attention. It helps us to be grounded and "in life", looks for repetition and commonality between things without which we would drift and be unable to understand our experiences since all would be continuously new.
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“McGilchrist describes broad [intellectual] movements and famous figures as if they were battles and soldiers in a 2,500-year war between the brain’s hemispheres. . . A scintillating intelligence is at work. . .” – Economist
(Economist 2009-11-26)
“A landmark new book. . . It tells a story you need to hear, of where we live now.”— Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times
(Bryan Appleyard The Sunday Times)
“This is a very remarkable book. . . McGilchrist, who is both an experienced psychiatrist and a shrewd philosopher, looks at the relation between our two brain-hemispheres in a new light, not just as an interesting neurological problem but as a crucial shaping factor in our culture. . . splendidly thought-provoking. . . . I couldn’t put it down.”–Mary Midgley, The Guardian
(Mary Midgley The Guardian)
“A beautifully written, erudite, fascinating, and adventurous book. It goes from the microstructure of the brain to great epochs of Western civilisation, confidently and readably. One turns its five hundred pages . . . as if it were an adventure story.” — A. C. Grayling, Literary Review
(A.C. Grayling Literary Review)
“It is no exaggeration to say that this quite remarkable book will radically change the way you understand the world and yourself. . . . It is a genuine tour de force, a monumental achievement.”–David Lorimer, Scientific and Medical Network Review
(David Lorimer Scientific and Medical Network Review)
“Absolutely fascinating.”–Jessa Crispin, Editor of Bookslut.com
(Jessa Crispin Bookslut.com)
“At last! A book on neuroscience that is a thrilling read, philosophically astute and with wonderful science.”–Mark Vernon, Philosophy and Life blog
(Mark Vernon Philosophy and Life blog)
‘Though neurologists may well not welcome it because it asks them new questions, the rest of us will surely find it splendidly thought-provoking. And I do have to say that, fat though it is, I couldn’t put it down.’ — The London Review of Books
(The London Review of Books 2010-02-01)
“Hugely ambitious.”–Jonah Lehrer, Bookforum
(Jonah Lehrer Bookforum)
“To call Iain McGilchrist’s The Master and His Emissary. . . an account of brain hemispheres is to woefully misrepresent its range. McGilchrist. . . persuasively argues that our society is suffering from the consequences of an over-dominant left hemisphere losing touch with its natural regulative ‘master,’ the right.”– Salley Vicker, The Guardian
(Salley Vicker The Guardian)
Named one of the best books of 2010 by The Guardian (Best Books of 2010 Guardian)
“This insightful, erudite and thought-provoking examination of the brain’s hemispheres can change how you see (or think you see) the world.”–PopMatters
(PopMatters)
“In his fascinating, groundbreaking, relentlessly researched, and eloquently written work, Iain McGilchrist, a consultant psychiatrist as well as professor of English—one wants to say a ‘scientist’ as well as an ‘artist’—challenges this misconception. The difference between the hemispheres, McGilchrist argues, is not in what they do, but in how they do it. And it’s a difference that makes all the difference.”—Gary Lachman, Los Angeles Times
(Gary Lachman Los Angeles Times)
“That a book can lead me to question myself is praise indeed—I can think of no higher recommendation. Like any really interesting book, it is to be valued more for this than for any answers it gives.”—Felix Dux, Parabola
(Felix Dux Parabola)
See all Editorial Reviews
Hardcover: 608 pagesPublisher: Yale University Press (December 15, 2009)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 030014878XISBN-13: 978-0300148787 Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 2.2 inches Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds Best Sellers Rank: #453,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #315 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Medicine > Basic Sciences > Neuroscience #325 in Books > Textbooks > Social Sciences > Psychology > Neuropsychology #513 in Books > Textbooks > Science & Mathematics > Biology & Life Sciences > Anatomy & Physiology
Ian McGilchrist’s thick book on the "divided brain" is the most interesting book I’ve read this year. I’d come to regard the fabled right brain/left brain antithesis as so much entertaining pop psychology (e.g., Daniel Pink’s A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future) — handy for provoking corporate robots, but hardly more than a convenient fiction. McGilchrist has convinced me that it’s a metaphor worth taking seriously, that in fact it may be the fundamental metaphor for a scientistic age.
McGilchrist’s thesis is simple: the right hemisphere of the brain (the "Master" of his title) provides our primary connection to the world – to whatever is outside ourselves; the left hemisphere is its Emissary, breaking wholes into parts, analyzing and abstracting, devising categories, names and theories, then returning the results of its investigations to the right brain to be integrated into lived experience. The health of both individuals and civilizations depends upon the reciprocal connection. The problem is that the left brain, which imagines it "knows" things it can’t possibly know, usurps its role and projects its own partial, definite vision of the world onto the world’s essentially ambiguous reality.
Stated simply (and the above is my own wording for McGilchrist’s argument) I risk making the book sound as if it was written by a crank with an overweening metaphor. Nothing could be further from the truth. The book, which begins by examining a huge range of neurological research on the brain, then examines how the structure of the brain has affected (nothing less than!
Iain McGilchrist `The Master and His Emissary’ : For sceptics and careful investors
Recent decades constitute a golden age for brain research, using new technology and methods. However, this gold has too often been mixed with lead, and even mud. Some have clung stubbornly to quickly outdated research, while others have aimed to cash-in on the prestige and fascination of such research by exploiting (sometimes for psycho-political as well as commercial purposes) half-truths and misunderstandings. At one extreme the brain becomes a fetish, while at another extreme it seems smart to speak of the allegedly obvious as `a no-brainer’. Hence, when a new, big, brain-book attracts such enthusiastic acclaim as this one, it is only prudent to be mindful of the need for caution.
Happily, Iain McGilchrist has provided on a personal website ([…]) not only summaries of his qualifications, experience and commitments, but also his book’s complete and illuminating Introduction (about 15 pages), along with his table of contents and chapters. The caution, and respect for evidence and argument – as well as for his readers, to be found in this introduction are sufficient to show that he is an outstanding thinker, as well as researcher, polymath, cultural critic and humanistic practitioner, who deserves to be given the benefit of the doubt by any prospective purchaser. He is a genuinely interdisciplinary thinker, who – just because he appreciates disciplinary boundaries – is well prepared to cross them responsibly in developing his argument and insights.
Another impressively reliable reviewer, in addition to those already available on the site, is the great moral philosopher, interpreter of life-sciences, and cultural critic Mary Midgley.
I agree with all the previous reviews of this remarkable book. As I was reading, I kept track of the specific elements of each of the hemispheres that McGilchrist cites in this well researched book. I thought I would share this with the readers:
A very partial summary of the nature of the left hemisphere could be as follows: it has an emphasis on doing, on things mechanistic, of the "whatness" of things; it is interested purely in functions and can only see things in context. The LH is not interested in living things. It does not understand metaphor and deals with pieces of information but cannot see the gestalt of situations. It recognizes the familiar and is not the hemisphere that attends to the "new", therefore it searches for what it already understands to categorize and nail down, often with (another of its characteristics) an unreasonable certainty of itself. Remember, it can’t observe anything outside of its own confines. Since it prefers the known, it attempts to repackage new information (if unaided by the RH) as familiar – a kind of re-presenting the experience. It positively prefers (and defends!) what it knows! The LH tends to deny discrepancies that do not fit its already generated schema of things. It creates "a sort of self-reflexive virtual world" according to McGilchrist. Additionally, it is "regional" and focuses narrowly. The metaphor for its structure is vertical. It brings an attention that isolates, fixes and makes things explicit by bringing it under the spotlight of attention. It helps us to be grounded and "in life", looks for repetition and commonality between things without which we would drift and be unable to understand our experiences since all would be continuously new.
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