A Mind So Rare - The Evolution of Human Consciousness (Paperback, New Ed)

"The most significant contribution yet to the rapidly growing literature of minds, brains, and consciousness."—Steven Rose

In this masterful rebuttal to the prevailing neuroscientific arguments that seek to explain away consciousness, Merlin Donald presents "a sophisticated conception of a multilayered consciousness drawing much of its power from its cultural matrix" (Booklist).

Donald makes "a persuasive case...for consciousness as the central player in the drama of mind" (Peter Dodwell), as he details the forces, both cultural and neuronal, that power our distinctively human modes of awareness. He proposes that the human mind is a hybrid product, interweaving a super-complex form of matter (the brain) with an invisible symbolic web (culture) to form a "distributed" cognitive network. This hybrid mind, he argues, is our main evolutionary advantage, for it allowed humanity as a species to break free of the limitations of the mammalian brain.

"Donald transcends the simplistic claims of Evolutionary Psychology,...offering a true Darwinian perspective on the evolution of consciousness."—Philip Lieberman

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2002
First published:	June 2002
Authors:	Merlin Donald
Dimensions:	209 x 137 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	371
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-32319-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > General
LSN:	0-393-32319-6
Barcode:	9780393323191

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