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Wayward Mind : An Intimate History of the Unconscious by Guy Claxton (2006, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group The Limited
ISBN-100349116547
ISBN-139780349116549
eBay Product ID (ePID)48250086
Product Key Features
Book TitleWayward Mind : an Intimate History of the Unconscious
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicMovements / Psychoanalysis, General
IllustratorYes
GenrePsychology
AuthorGuy Claxton
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight11.6 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width11 in
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Reviews"Claxton's quest for the origins of the unconscious mind combines page-turning narrative with cutting-edge neuroscience. His ideas about how and why the brain creates our oddest experiences are both imaginative and credible. An important contribution to our understanding of what it is to be human." -Rita Carter, author, Mapping the Mind, With wit, weird tales and wonderful metaphors, Claxton illuminates the long dark history of the undermind, For anyone who ever wondered why people can be terrified of harmless things, why tunes get stuck in their head or what happens during hypnosis, this vigorously written, fascinating yet accessible book is a must., * 'Claxton's quest for the origins of the unconscious mindcombines page-turning narrative with cutting-edge neuroscience. Hisideas about how and why the brain creates our oddest experiences areboth imaginative and credible. The book makes an importantcontribution to our understanding of what it is to be human' RitaCarter, author of MAPPING THE MIND and CONSCIOUSNESS*'Claxton's book stands out from the crowd. It is a workof terrific breadth . . . And Claxton is a versatile and eruditeexegete, as fluent at explaining Egyptian mythopaeia asneuroscientific theories of the ego' Robert Macfarlane,SPECTATOR*'Claxton provides a birds-eye view of the human unconscious,drawing from an impressive array of sources . . . A captivatingaccount of the ways in which the unconscious has entranced andintrigued thinkers throughout the centuries'SUNDAY BUSINESS POST*'With wit, weird tales and wonderful metaphors, Claxton illuminatesthe long dark history of the undermind' Susan Blackmore, author ofCONSCIOUSNESS: AN INTRODUCTION and THE MEME MACHINE*'It is hard not to feel enticed by a book with such engaging openingwords' Steven Rose, GUARDIAN
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal154.2
SynopsisThis book brilliantly charts history s many different ways of explaining the unconscious mind, from ancient descriptions of the underworld to theories of contemporary neuroscience. Guy Claxton s beautifully written book takes in intellectual and cultural history, literature, and spirituality. In "The Wayward Mind, " the common image of the mind is skillfully redrawn to acknowledge the constant influence of its invisible foundations on everyday human behavior.", * In this exceptional book, Guy Claxton finally frees theunconscious from its narrow psychoanalytic confines and explores itsevolution from the Sun God myths of Ancient Eygpt to the insights of21st century neuroscience., The unconscious has had a long and chequered history. For at least the last 4,000 years, societies have concocted comforting fables in the face of the recurrent puzzles of human existence - death, dreaming, madness, possession, inspiration - that invariably rely on some notion of the unconscious. Supernatural 'fairy stories' need some internal proxy or contact point through which the influence of demons and spirits can flow. And without such gods and forces, some psychological machinery is needed to take over their work. But what IS the unconscious Is it 'God's viceroy', the soul Is it the locked ward of Freudian desire Is the subliminal mind the source of the sublime emotions of the Romantics Is is the mental microchip of cognitive science Or is it simply the brain, The unconscious has had a long and chequered history. For at least the last 4,000 years, societies have concocted comforting fables in the face of the recurrent puzzles of human existence - death, dreaming, madness, possession, inspiration - that invariably rely on some notion of the unconscious. Supernatural 'fairy stories' need some internal proxy or contact point through which the influence of demons and spirits can flow. And without such gods and forces, some psychological machinery is needed to take over their work. But what IS the unconscious? Is it 'God's viceroy', the soul? Is it the locked ward of Freudian desire? Is the subliminal mind the source of the sublime emotions of the Romantics? Is is the mental microchip of cognitive science? Or is it simply the brain?
LC Classification NumberBF315
