num_pages: 491
description: At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and culture, our religion -- and indeed our future.
language: English
title: The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
titlecomplete: The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
genres: Religion, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Science, Brain, Psychology, Nonfiction, History, Spirituality, Anthropology
ratings_count: 5259
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Contemporary Thought
publisher: Mariner Books