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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind book cover

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

Julian Jaynes

This groundbreaking book challenges the idea that human consciousness has always existed, proposing that it is a learned process that emerged just three thousand years ago. Its controversial thesis has implications for our psychology, history, culture, religion, and future.
Publish Date
2000-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
2000-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1976
Goodreads Rating
4.26
ISBN
0046442057073
Recommendations
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A book that confirms there is far, far more in our unconscious mind than is dreamt of in our philosophy.      source