Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Julian Jaynes
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.
Posted by DavidK (1 year ago ) If you have every wondered at what point man made the transition to being fully 'human' - in the sense of having full consciousness of his actions, this is the book for you. Jaynes is a psychologist, and he bases his theories by combining detailed historical analysis of books such as Homer's Odyssey iand his deep psychological knowledge. The answers he comes up with are both challenging and stimulating - and will almost certainly change your judgment about what constitutes being 'human'.
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