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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.
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Julian Jaynes (1923-1997) achieved an almost cult-like reputation for this controversial book, which was his only published work.
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"When Julian Jaynes . . . speculates that until late in the twentieth millennium b.c. men had no consciousness but were automatically obeying the voices of the gods, we are astounded but compelled to follow this remarkable thesis." -- John Updike The New Yorker
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- PublisherMariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Company
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0395563526
- ISBN 13 9780395563526
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages491
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