num_pages: 467
description: At the heart of this book is the revolutionary idea that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution. Rather, Jaynes presents consciousness as a learned process that evolved from an earlier hallucinatory mentality only three thousand years ago. The implications extend into every aspect if human life.
language: English
title: Origin of Consciousness
titlecomplete: Origin of Consciousness
genres: Psychology, History, Brain, Neuroscience, Science, Anthropology, Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 5259
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Contemporary Thought
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company