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The Divided Brain and the Search for Meaning
In the view of psychiatrist and scholar Iain McGilchrist, we can indeed understand the current state of our civilization in terms of a battle of the hemispheres. In his deeply researched The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, he argues that the hemispheres are ‘involved in a sort of power struggle’ which
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The Master and His Emissary (2009) by the psychiatrist and literary scholar Iain McGilchrist.
Gary Lachman • The Secret Teachers of the Western World
two modes of experience McGilchrist describes (one associated with the left hemisphere, the other with the right) match up pretty precisely with two modes of experience that have been described again and again elsewhere, from Taoism1 to John Keats' letters2 to Federico Campagna's philosophy3 to Proust — you can even see it in things like Finite &am... See more
River Kenna • Solving McGilchrist's Big Problem (or, fix right hemisphere imbalance with these 7 weird tricks?)
The Master and His Emissary
by Ian McGilchrist:
“McGilchrist’s nuanced view of the brain’s hemispheric tensions made me reconsider how cultural biases toward hyper-specialized, analytical thinking subtly distort our collective decision-making. His argument—that precision disconnected from broader context can lead us astray—sharpened the awareness of... See more
by Ian McGilchrist:
“McGilchrist’s nuanced view of the brain’s hemispheric tensions made me reconsider how cultural biases toward hyper-specialized, analytical thinking subtly distort our collective decision-making. His argument—that precision disconnected from broader context can lead us astray—sharpened the awareness of... See more