The wayward mind : an intimate history of the unconscious
by
 
Claxton, Guy.

Title
The wayward mind : an intimate history of the unconscious

Author
Claxton, Guy.

ISBN
9780349116549

Personal Author
Claxton, Guy.

Publication Information
London : Abacus, 2006.

Physical Description
xi, 401 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

General Note
Originally published: London: Little Brown, 2005.

Contents
On making up your mind: what the unconscious is for -- The supernatural: magical landscapes and invisible puppeteers -- The invention of the soul: glimmerings of the unconscious -- The dumb menial: the unconscious refined, banished and bouncing back -- The "inner Africa": romanticism, mysticism and dreams -- the beast in the basement -- The intelligent incubator: cognition and creativity -- Putting Humpty together again: neural networks to the rescue -- The Devil incarnate: madness and the frontal lobes -- The sublime and the subliminal -- Turning the mind on its head.

Subject Term
Subconsciousness.


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