Origin of Conciousness - Hardcover

Jaynes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802023061 ISBN 13: 9780802023063

Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr, 1978

Synopsis

At the heart of this book is the revolutionary idea that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution. Rather, Jaynes presents consciousness as a learned process that evolved from an earlier hallucinatory mentality only three thousand years ago.

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Review

"When Julian Jaynes . . . speculates that until late in the twentieth millennium b.c. men had no consciousness but were automatically obeying the voices of the gods, we are astounded but compelled to follow this remarkable thesis." -- John Updike The New Yorker

About the Author

Julian Jaynes (1923-1997) achieved an almost cult-like reputation for this controversial book, which was his only published work.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr
• Publication date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802023061
• ISBN 13: 9780802023063
• Binding: Hardcover