Into The Silent Land: Travels In Neuropsychology
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
What does it mean to be a self — to possess a mind, a soul, an identity — when the very organ that generates that sense of selfhood can so easily be damaged, deceived, or dismantled? Into the Silent Land: Travels in Neuropsychology by Paul Broks is a haunting and intellectually dazzling collection of case studies, philosophical meditations, and personal narratives drawn from the author's career as a clinical neuropsychologist. Through a series of patients whose brain injuries have fractured their perception of reality, Broks uncovers the terrifying fragility of the human self, revealing how the stories we tell about who we are are nothing more — and nothing less — than the electrical whispers of three pounds of grey matter. Broks writes with the rare dual authority of a scientist and a literary stylist, blending the clinical precision of a medical professional with the lyrical introspection of a philosopher-poet. The book argues, with quiet but devastating force, that consciousness is not a ghost in the machine but the machine itself — and that when the machine falters, the ghost simply vanishes. Drawing comparisons to Oliver Sacks while carving out a distinctly darker, more existentially unsettling territory, Broks leaves the reader with a question that refuses to be easily answered: if the self is just a story the brain tells, who, exactly, is doing the telling?
Author: Paul Broks
Format: Hardback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
What does it mean to be a self — to possess a mind, a soul, an identity — when the very organ that generates that sense of selfhood can so easily be damaged, deceived, or dismantled? Into the Silent Land: Travels in Neuropsychology by Paul Broks is a haunting and intellectually dazzling collection of case studies, philosophical meditations, and personal narratives drawn from the author's career as a clinical neuropsychologist. Through a series of patients whose brain injuries have fractured their perception of reality, Broks uncovers the terrifying fragility of the human self, revealing how the stories we tell about who we are are nothing more — and nothing less — than the electrical whispers of three pounds of grey matter. Broks writes with the rare dual authority of a scientist and a literary stylist, blending the clinical precision of a medical professional with the lyrical introspection of a philosopher-poet. The book argues, with quiet but devastating force, that consciousness is not a ghost in the machine but the machine itself — and that when the machine falters, the ghost simply vanishes. Drawing comparisons to Oliver Sacks while carving out a distinctly darker, more existentially unsettling territory, Broks leaves the reader with a question that refuses to be easily answered: if the self is just a story the brain tells, who, exactly, is doing the telling?