The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown...

Posted by paula on February 6, 2002, at 18:41:35

In reply to Favorite Book Titles (not books), posted by mair on February 6, 2002, at 7:24:58

Julian Jaynes' The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind.
Not only is this a fabulously esoteric sounding title (nb that it wouldn't even fit in the subject line!), it's also an incredible book. I have yet to read up on its reception, but his theories are fascinating.

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Favorite Book Titles (not books) mair 2/6/02
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When We Were Orphans (nm) jane d 2/6/02
To There and Back Again (nm) susan C 2/6/02
The days run away like wild horses over the hills. kid_A 2/6/02
The problem with being born - EM Cioran. (nm) kid_A 2/6/02
Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe (nm) kid_A 2/6/02
Stranger in a Strange Land (nm) robinibor 2/6/02
Snow Falling on Cedars (nm) robinibor 2/6/02
The Return of the Cat in the Hat (nm) Ritch 2/6/02
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (nm) Rach 2/6/02
The Kitchen God's Wife (nm) jane d 2/6/02
Re: Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe » kid_A Noa 2/6/02
Re: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (nm) Noa 2/6/02
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown... paula 2/6/02
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (nm) jane d 2/6/02
How the Garcia Girls lost their accents (nm) Mair 2/6/02
The Temple of My Familiar (Alice Walker) (nm) jane d 2/6/02
How Stella Got her Groove Back (nm) Mair 2/6/02
The Electric Cool-Aid Acid Test (nm) jane d 2/6/02
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, ... jane d 2/6/02
Re: Favorite Book Titles (not books) Bekka H. 2/6/02
archie and the strict Baptists (nm) susan C 2/6/02
A Not Entirely Benign Procedure (Perri Klass) (nm) jane d 2/6/02
Re: The Origin of Consciousness.....Good book! Anna Laura 2/6/02
Re: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, ... » jane d Noa 2/7/02
Re: Titles Noa 2/7/02
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Re: Bleak House trouble 2/18/02

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