Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The hidden brain The hidden brain Shankar Vedantam Most of us would agree that there's a clear--and even obvious--connection between the things we believe and the way we behave. But what if our actions are driven not by our conscious values and belie… OL10248392W
Creative Man Creative Man Erich Neumann This selection of essays by one of C. G. Jung's favorite and most creative students explores important connections between analytical psychology and the study of literature and art. Jordan B. Pet… OL1571364W
The user illusion The user illusion Tor Nørretranders The author asserts that "what our consciousness rejects constitutes the most valuable part of ourselves," and that "we have to get outside and live life fully with all our senses to experience it mor… OL15846581W
Incognito Incognito David Eagleman "This book will shine light on some of the hard-to-reach places in the brain, showing the ways in which we are not the ones driving the boat. Why does the conscious mind know so little? What do visua… OL15999455W
Wild Mind A Field Guide To The Human Psyche Wild Mind A Field Guide To The Human Psyche Bill Plotkin Our human psyches possess astonishing resources that wait within us, but we might not even know they exist until we discover how to access them and cultivate their powers, their untapped potentials a… OL17582537W
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind Guy Claxton Argues that the mind works best when people trust the unconscious and calls for a reevaluation of society's obsession with results-oriented thinking and solving problems under pressure OL1866300W
The elephant in the brain The elephant in the brain Kevin Simler "This book exposes our unconscious selfish motives, those we're reluctant to discuss or even think about. These motives drive our body language, laughter, and conversation, as well as venerated insti… OL19728362W
Thomas De Quincey Thomas De Quincey Frederick Burwick "This book examines what De Quincey called 'psychological criticism', a mode of studying the 'power' of Shakespeare and Wordsworth, tracing the effects upon the subconscious. That psychological groun… OL19820522W
The Subconscious The Subconscious Felicia Drury Kliment Life is a constant process of growth: evaluating what you've done, noting your mistakes, making the necessary adjustments, reevaluating, and starting all over again. Throughout this cycle, the "perso… OL19981800W
Broken Broken Elizabeth Pulford Critically injured and lying in a coma, Zara Wilson is caught between the world of her hospital room and the world of her subconscious, which includes painful memories, distant voices, and a search f… OL20911496W
Power of Archetypes Power of Archetypes Marie D. Jones 1 online resource OL21308854W
La neurophilosophie La neurophilosophie Que sais-je?,Bernard Andrieu Etablit les conditions d'un dialogue entre la philosophie et les neurosciences de 1970 à nos jours qui sont, ici, analysées en mettant en avant la neurophilosophie américaine et les matérialismes du … OL28589547W
The discovery of the unconscious The discovery of the unconscious Henri F. Ellenberger In this study of the history of dynamic psychiatry, Ellenberger provides an account of the early history of psychology covering such figures as Franz Anton Mesmer, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Ad… OL4319347W
Esthétique de la disparition Esthétique de la disparition Paul Virilio Virilio introduces his understanding of "picnolepsy" — the epileptic state of consciousness produced by speed. Virilio himself referred to his 1980 work <em>The Aesthetics of Disappearance</em> as… OL542658W
Extraordinary Knowing Extraordinary Knowing Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer In 1991, when her daughter's rare, hand-carved harp was stolen, Lisby Mayer's familiar world of science and rational thinking turned upside down. After the police failed to turn up any leads, a frien… OL6992685W
Four Archetypes Four Archetypes Carl Gustav Jung The concept of the archetype is crucial to Jung's radical interpretation of the human mind. Jung believed that every person partakes of a universal or collective unconscious that persists through gen… OL95087W
Man and His Symbols Man and His Symbols Carl Gustav Jung Excerpt from back cover: "This book, which was the last piece of work undertaken by Jung before his death in 1961, provides a unique opportunity to assess his contribution to the life and thought … OL95157W