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The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
by Iain McGilchrist · 2009 · 616 pages

Naval Ravikant
Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist examines the differences between the brain's left and right hemispheres and their impact on Western civilization. He argues that the left hemisphere's analytical and detail-oriented mode has become over-dominant, overshadowing the right hemisphere's holistic and contextual understanding. The work surveys historical shifts in culture, philosophy, and art as reflections of this neuro-cognitive tension.
Published
2009
Pages
616
Language
en
ISBN
9780300245929
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