The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

Julian Jaynes

512 pages first pub 1976 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 stil...

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