Nicholas Humphrey's writings about the evolution of the mind have done much to set the agenda for contemporary psychology. Here, in a series of riveting essays, he invites us to 'take another look' at a variety of the central and not-so-central issues: the evolution of consciousness, the nature of the self, multiple personality disorder, the placebo effect, cave art, religious miracles, medieval animal trials, the seductions of dictatorship, and much more.

About the Author
Consciousness Regained: Chapters in the Development of Mind (1983), The Inner Eye (1986), A History of the Mind (1992), and Soul Searching (1995).

Reviews
Review from previous edition No other theoretical psychologist is so accessibly clear, and at the same time so provocatively philosophical * Lorna Sage *
His style is by turns elegant, intimate and entertaining. . . This is a far cry from those worthy but tedious collections that one finds gathering dust on library shelves; it is a real page turner * www.human-nature.com 26/02/2002 *
Nobody else brings such an astonishing range of knowledge to bear on these issues * Daniel Dennett *
Humphrey's distinctive prose is the golden bowl in which his ripe and shining theories are held. * Antonella Gambotto *
admirable * Derek Steinberg, Holistic Health *



Book Information
ISBN 9780192802279
Author Nicholas Humphrey
Format Paperback
Page Count 376
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Dimensions(mm) 214mm * 139mm * 20mm