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Unlock the secrets of modern thought with *Soul Machine*, a compelling exploration of the origins of the human mind as shaped by historical turbulence and scientific inquiry. This groundbreaking book, authored by award-winning historian George Makari, navigates through a pivotal era marked by a crisis in religious authority and the emergence of revolutionary scientific ideas. Delve into the transformative journey of the concept of 'the mind,' a unique synthesis of spirit and science that was neither completely ethereal nor entirely mechanical.
With *Soul Machine*, discover how influential thinkers like Hobbes, Locke, Diderot, and Kant, alongside groundbreaking anatomists and early psychologists, fundamentally reshaped our understanding of inner life. Their collaborative efforts during volatile political times led not only to the birth of psychiatry but also to modern mind sciences, including phrenology, while laying the groundwork for secular ethics and political liberalism.
This masterful narrative spans 672 pages of rich insights and remarkable discoveries that promise to engage anyone interested in psychology, philosophy, and the history of science. Perfect for scholars, students, and casual readers alike, *Soul Machine* provides a wide-ranging examination of how radical ideas transform society. Don't miss your chance to explore this bold account of the forces shaping the modern Western mind.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780393353464
Year: 2017
Publisher: W W Norton & Company
Pages: 672
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780393353464
Year: 2017
Publisher: W W Norton & Company
Pages: 672
Description:
Soul Machine takes us back to the origins of modernity, a time when a crisis in religious authority and the scientific revolution led to searching questions about the nature of human inner life. This is the story of how a new concept”the mind”emerged as a potential solution, one that was part soul and part machine, but fully neither.
In this groundbreaking work, award-winning historian George Makari shows how writers, philosophers, physicians, and anatomists worked to construct notions of the mind as not an ethereal thing, but a natural one. From the ascent of Oliver Cromwell to the fall of Napoleon, seminal thinkers like Hobbes, Locke, Diderot, and Kant worked alongside often-forgotten brain specialists, physiologists, and alienists in the hopes of mapping the inner world. Conducted in a cauldron of political turmoil, these frequently shocking, always embattled efforts would give rise to psychiatry, mind sciences such as phrenology, and radically new visions of the self. Further, they would be crucial to the establishment of secular ethics and political liberalism. Boldly original, wide-ranging, and brilliantly synthetic, Soul Machine gives us a masterful, new account of the making of the modern Western mind.
With *Soul Machine*, discover how influential thinkers like Hobbes, Locke, Diderot, and Kant, alongside groundbreaking anatomists and early psychologists, fundamentally reshaped our understanding of inner life. Their collaborative efforts during volatile political times led not only to the birth of psychiatry but also to modern mind sciences, including phrenology, while laying the groundwork for secular ethics and political liberalism.
This masterful narrative spans 672 pages of rich insights and remarkable discoveries that promise to engage anyone interested in psychology, philosophy, and the history of science. Perfect for scholars, students, and casual readers alike, *Soul Machine* provides a wide-ranging examination of how radical ideas transform society. Don't miss your chance to explore this bold account of the forces shaping the modern Western mind.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780393353464
Year: 2017
Publisher: W W Norton & Company
Pages: 672
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780393353464
Year: 2017
Publisher: W W Norton & Company
Pages: 672
Description:
Soul Machine takes us back to the origins of modernity, a time when a crisis in religious authority and the scientific revolution led to searching questions about the nature of human inner life. This is the story of how a new concept”the mind”emerged as a potential solution, one that was part soul and part machine, but fully neither.
In this groundbreaking work, award-winning historian George Makari shows how writers, philosophers, physicians, and anatomists worked to construct notions of the mind as not an ethereal thing, but a natural one. From the ascent of Oliver Cromwell to the fall of Napoleon, seminal thinkers like Hobbes, Locke, Diderot, and Kant worked alongside often-forgotten brain specialists, physiologists, and alienists in the hopes of mapping the inner world. Conducted in a cauldron of political turmoil, these frequently shocking, always embattled efforts would give rise to psychiatry, mind sciences such as phrenology, and radically new visions of the self. Further, they would be crucial to the establishment of secular ethics and political liberalism. Boldly original, wide-ranging, and brilliantly synthetic, Soul Machine gives us a masterful, new account of the making of the modern Western mind.