The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

by Iain McGilchrist

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McGilchrist, Iain. The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World. New Haven: Yale 2009.  544 pp.$25

This is an amazing collection of research on right and left brain functions, with wonderfully erudite and detailed discussions on how humans shape their world through their perceptions and understanding of reality – as perceived, processed and comprehended by each of the specialized hemispheric functions. Wonderful discussions of how these shape our lives, and how we – through our R or L hemisphere preferences – shape our world.... And now, how we endanger our world...

McGilchrist is also a historian, and presents stimulating, thoughful discussions on the influences of LH and RH throughout recorded history.

See an expanded discussion of this book in the Editorial Musings of this issue of IJHC.

Review by Daniel Benor, MD
Editor-in-Chief, IJHC

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