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Why are gods and idols ubiquitous throughout the ancient world? What is the relationship of consciousness and language? How is it that oracles came to influence entire nations such as Greece? If consciousness arose far back in human evolution, how can it so easily be altered in hypnosis and "possession"? Is modern schizophrenia a vestige of an earlier mentality? These are just some of the difficult questions addressed by Julian Jaynes's influential and controversial theory of the origin of subjective consciousness or the "modern mind. " This book includes an in-depth biography of Julian Jaynes, essays by Jaynes, and the discussion and analysis of Jaynes's theory from a variety of perspectives such as clinical psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, anthropology, linguistics, and ancient history.

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Marcel Kuijsten
Publisher
Brand: Julian Jaynes Society; Julian Jaynes Society
Published
2008
Language
EN
ISBN
9780979074417
Category
philosophy
Subjects
Philosophy, Humanities
Rating
4.05 / 5 (138 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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