The master and his emissary the divided brain and the making of the Western world /

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Autore principale: McGilchrist, Iain
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
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Sommario:
  • Asymmetry and the brain
  • What do the two hemispheres 'do'?
  • Language, truth, and music
  • The nature of the two worlds
  • The primacy of the right hemisphere
  • The triumph of the left hemisphere
  • Imitation and the evolution of culture
  • The ancient world
  • The Renaissance and the Reformation
  • The Enlightenment
  • Romanticism and the Industrial Revolution
  • The modern and post-modern worlds.