The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind
by
 
Jaynes, Julian, 1920-1997.

Title
The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind

Author
Jaynes, Julian, 1920-1997.

ISBN
9780395207291
 
9780395324400
 
9780395329320

Personal Author
Jaynes, Julian, 1920-1997.

Publication Information
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, ©1976.

Physical Description
467 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Contents
The mind of man. The consciousness of consciousness ; Consciousness ; The mind of Iliad ; The bicameral mind ; The double brain ; The origin of civilization -- The witness of history. Gods, graves, and idols ; Literate bicameral theocracies ; The causes of consciousness ; A change of mind in Mesopotamia ; The intellectual consciousness of Greece ; The moral consciousness of the Khabiru -- Vestiges of the bicameral mind in the modern world. The quest for authorization ; Of prophets and possession ; Of poetry and music ; Hypnosis ; Schizophrenia ; The auguries of science.

Subject Term
Consciousness.
 
Consciousness -- History.
 
Conscience.
 
Conscience -- Histoire.

Added Title
Bicameral mind.