The Mind Made Flesh

In a series of essays, Nicholas Humphrey invites us to "take another look" at a variety of central and not-so-central issues, including: the evolution of consciousness, multiple personality disorder, cave art, religious miracles, medieval animal trials, and the seductions of dictatorship. Nicholas Humphrey's writings about the evolution of the mind have done much to set the agenda for contemporary psychology. Here, in a series of riveting essays, he invites us to 'take another look' at a variety of the central and not-so-central issues: the evolution of consciousness, the nature of the self, multiple personality disorder, the placebo effect, cave art, religious miracles, medieval animal trials, the seductions of dictatorship, and much more.

Pages: 376, Paperback, Oxford University Press