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9780396076377, titled "The Best Plays of 1977-1978" | Dodd Mead, February 1, 1979, cover price $20.00 | also contains The Best Plays of 1977-1978
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9780691160399 | Princeton Univ Pr, March 22, 2015, cover price $29.95
Why is the brain divided? The difference between right and left hemispheres has been puzzled over for centuries. In a book of unprecedented scope, Iain McGilchrist draws on a vast body of recent brain research, illustrated with case histories, to reveal that the difference is profound—not just this or that function, but two whole, coherent, but incompatible ways of experiencing the world. The left hemisphere is detail oriented, prefers mechanisms to living things, and is inclined to self-interest, where the right hemisphere has greater breadth, flexibility, and generosity. This division helps explain the origins of music and language, and casts new light on the history of philosophy, as well as on some mental illnesses.In the second part of the book, McGilchrist takes the reader on a journey through the history of Western culture, illustrating the tension between these two worlds as revealed in the thought and belief of thinkers and artists, from Aeschylus to Magritte. He argues that, despite its inferior grasp of reality, the left hemisphere is increasingly taking precedence in the modern world, with potentially disastrous consequences. This is truly a tour de force that should excite interest in a wide readership.
Hardcover:
9780300148787 | Yale Univ Pr, December 15, 2009, cover price $38.00 | About this edition: Why is the brain divided?
Paperback:
9780300188370 | Reprint edition (Yale Univ Pr, October 9, 2012), cover price $30.00
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9780844667348 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, December 1, 1994, cover price $34.00
9780062502872 | Harpercollins, May 1, 1987, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Argues that there was a prehistoric shift in human society to patriarchy and at present society is beginning to shift away from patriarchy
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9780062502896 | Harpercollins, September 1, 1988, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Argues that there was a prehistoric shift in human society to patriarchy and at present society is beginning to shift away from patriarchy
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9781577310112, titled "The Chalice & the Blade: Our History, Our Future" | New World Library, July 1, 1997, cover price $17.95
9781559944281 | Harperaudio, July 1, 1991, cover price $15.95
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9781879181083 | Bear & Co, August 1, 1993, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Criticizes our patriarchial society, and argues that in order to end violence there must be a fair and equal partnership between men and women
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9780878100408 | Times Change Pr, May 1, 1993, cover price $8.50
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9780029315507 | Free Pr, January 1, 1987, cover price $40.00
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9780029315514 | Free Pr, September 30, 1991, cover price $28.95
Product Description: In this collection of closely interrelated essays, Robert Young emphasizes the scope of the nineteenth-century debate on 'man's place in nature' at the same time as he engages with the approaches of scholars who write about it. He is critical of the separation of the writing of history from writing about history, historiography, and of the separation of history from politics and ideology, then or now...read more
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9780521317429 | Cambridge Univ Pr, November 1, 1985, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: In this collection of closely interrelated essays, Robert Young emphasizes the scope of the nineteenth-century debate on 'man's place in nature' at the same time as he engages with the approaches of scholars who write about it.
Product Description: In this collection of closely interrelated essays, Robert Young emphasizes the scope of the nineteenth-century debate on 'man's place in nature' at the same time as he engages with the approaches of scholars who write about it. He is critical of the separation of the writing of history from writing about history, historiography, and of the separation of history from politics and ideology, then or now...read more
Hardcover:
9780521300834 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, October 31, 1985), cover price $54.50 | About this edition: In this collection of closely interrelated essays, Robert Young emphasizes the scope of the nineteenth-century debate on 'man's place in nature' at the same time as he engages with the approaches of scholars who write about it.
Hardcover:
9780396076377 | Dodd Mead, February 1, 1979, cover price $20.00 | also contains Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels: How Human Values Evolve
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