{"product_id":"the-master-and-his-emissary-9780300245929","title":"The Master and His Emissary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the few contemporary works deserving classic status.”—Nicholas Shakespeare, \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Persuasively argues that our society is suffering from the consequences of an over-dominant left hemisphere losing touch with its natural regulative ‘master’ the right. Brilliant and disturbing.”—Salley Vickers, a \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e “Best Book of the Year”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A landmark. . . . It tells a story you need to hear, of where we live now.”—Bryan Appleyard, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“McGilchrist describes broad [intellectual] movements and famous figures as if they were battles and soldiers in a 2,500-year war between the brain’s hemispheres. . . . A scintillating intelligence is at work.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A veritable tour de force, gradually and skilfully revealed. I know of no better exposition of the current state of functional brain neuroscience.”—W. F. Bynum, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Clear, penetrating, lively, thorough and fascinating. . . . I couldn’t put it down.”—Mary Midgley, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A seminal book.”—Ervin László, \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fascinating book. . . . [McGilchrist] is a subtle and clever thinker, and unusually qualified to range with such authority over so many different domains of knowledge.”—Harry Eyres, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A beautifully written, erudite, fascinating and adventurous book.”—A. C. Grayling, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fascinating and elegantly written.”—Grethe Hooper Hansen, \u003ci\u003eAssociation for Humanistic Psychology in Britain Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A densely researched and entirely thrilling examination of the difference between the two kinds of thinking typical of the right and left hemispheres of the brain.”—Philip Pullman, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Scientific and Medical Network Book Prize 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Bristol Festival of Ideas Book Prize 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Royal Society Book Prize 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A profound examination.”—Philip Pullman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Iain McGilchrist’s ideas about human capabilities are among the most provocative I’ve encountered—and I mean provocative in a positive sense.”—Howard Gardner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A dazzling masterpiece . . . comprehensive and profound.”—Norman Doidge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A marvellous and highly original synthesis of ideas on how the division of labour between the two brain hemispheres can provide key insights into human nature.”—V. S. Ramachandran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Unbelievably rich. . . . Of absolutely crucial cultural and intellectual importance.”—Louis Sass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864345227607,"sku":"9780300245929","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780300245929.jpg?v=1722271513","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-master-and-his-emissary-9780300245929","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}