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Home > Resources > Books > Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness > The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

The original English version of Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind.

Contents

  • Introduction: The Problem of Consciousness
  • 1.1. The Consciousness of Consciousness
  • 1.2. Consciousness
  • 1.3. The Mind of the Iliad
  • 1.4. The Bicameral Mind
  • 1.5. The Double Brain
  • 1.6. The Origin of Civilization
  • 2.1. Gods, Graves, and Idols
  • 2.2. Literate Bicameral Theocracies
  • 2.3. The Causes of Consciousness
  • 2.4. A Change of Mind in Mesopotamia
  • 2.5. The Intellectual Consciousness of Greece
  • 2.6. The Moral Consciousness of the Khabiru
  • 3.1. The Quest for Authorization
  • 3.2. Of Prophets and Possession
  • 3.3. Of Poetry and Music
  • 3.4. Hypnosis
  • 3.5. Schizophrenia
  • 3.6. The Auguries of Science
  • Afterword

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Books

  • Top Books on Julian Jaynes’s Theory
  • Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness
    • The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
    • Der Ursprung des Bewusstseins durch den Zusammenbruch der Bikameralen Psyche
    • El Origen de la Conciencia en la Ruptura de la Mente Bicameral
    • La Naissance de la Conscience dans L’Effondrement de L’Esprit Bicaméral
    • Il Crollo della Mente Bicamerale e L’origine della Coscienza
    • 의식의 기원
  • Bicameral Mind-Inspired Fiction
  • Books Referencing Julian Jaynes’s Theory
  • The Iliad
  • The Odyssey

Chapters

  • Introduction: The Problem of Consciousness
  • 1.1. The Consciousness of Consciousness
  • 1.2. Consciousness
  • 1.3. The Mind of the Iliad
  • 1.4. The Bicameral Mind
  • 1.5. The Double Brain
  • 1.6. The Origin of Civilization
  • 2.1. Gods, Graves, and Idols
  • 2.2. Literate Bicameral Theocracies
  • 2.3. The Causes of Consciousness
  • 2.4. A Change of Mind in Mesopotamia
  • 2.5. The Intellectual Consciousness of Greece
  • 2.6. The Moral Consciousness of the Khabiru
  • 3.1. The Quest for Authorization
  • 3.2. Of Prophets and Possession
  • 3.3. Of Poetry and Music
  • 3.4. Hypnosis
  • 3.5. Schizophrenia
  • 3.6. The Auguries of Science
  • Afterword

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