Soul Machine The Invention of the Modern Mind [Paperback]

An enlightening and gracefully written account of a vital aspect of our history that few of us are aware ofthe replacement of the soul by the mind, and the struggle to understand its foundations in the brain.In this sweeping, authoritative, and lively account, George Makari chronicles the emergence of the modern mind as an appealing yet unstable object of scientific inquiry, and shows why the long-standing goal of establishing boundaries between it and the brain and even the soul has proven so elusive. Illuminating and highly engaging.An erudite exploration of the high-stakes struggle to make space in the modern world for that part of our being we call our minds.George Makari has written an all-encompassing and invigorated account of how we have come to think about the acts of thinking and feeling. This is a book brimming with knowledge and lucid observations, one that helps us to understand the evolution of our contemporary sensibility.A brilliant and comprehensive history of the creation of the modern Western mind.