Iain McGilchrist (born 1953)[1] is a psychiatrist[2] who wrote the 2009 book The Master and His Emissary, subtitled The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World.[2][3][4]
Iain McGilchrist | |
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 McGilchrist in 2018 | |
| Born | 1953 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Psychiatrist, writer, lecturer |
| Known for | The books The Master and His Emissary and The Matter with Things |
A polymath,[5] McGilchrist read English at New College, Oxford and published Against Criticism in 1982.[6] He later trained in medicine and has been a neuroimaging researcher at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital in south London.[6] McGilchrist is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and has been elected a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford three times.[6]
In 2009 at the time The Master and His Emissary was published, McGilchrist worked privately as a consultant psychiatrist in London. He still lives on the Isle of Skye, off the coast of Scotland and continues to write, and to deliver many lectures and interviews.[7]
In 2021 McGilchrist published a new book of neuroscience, epistemology and metaphysics called The Matter with Things.[5][8][9][10]
Selected works edit
- McGilchrist, Iain (24 May 1982). Against Criticism. London, England: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-11922-0. (Hardcover)
- McGilchrist, I.; Cutting, J. (1995). "Somatic delusions in schizophrenia and the affective psychoses". British Journal of Psychiatry. 167 (3). Royal College of Psychiatrists: 350–361. doi:10.1192/bjp.167.3.350. PMID 7496644. S2CID 10976749. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- McGilchrist, Iain (June 2009). "A Problem of Symmetries". Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology. 16 (2). The Johns Hopkins University Press: 161–169. doi:10.1353/ppp.0.0236 (inactive 31 January 2024). Retrieved 6 February 2010.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link) E-ISSN 1086-3303. Print ISSN 1071-6076. - McGilchrist, Iain (9 October 2009). The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World. USA: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14878-7. (Hardcover)
- McGilchrist, Iain (15 July 2012). The Divided Brain and the Search for Meaning. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-1781815335. (Kindle ebook)
- McGilchrist, Iain (27 July 2018). Ways of Attending: How our Divided Brain Constructs the World. Abingdon-on-Thames, England: Routledge. ISBN 978-1781815335. (Paperback)
- McGilchrist, Iain (9 November 2021). The Matter with Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World. UK: Perspectiva Press. ISBN 978-1-914568-06-0. (Hardcover, 2 volumes)
References edit
- ^ Staff (2019). "The Divided Brain". Paris Institute of Political Studies. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ a b Kingerlee, Roger; Testa, Rita (2011). "Review of The Master and his Emissary". Neuropsychoanalysis. 12 (2). Karnac Books for the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society: 222–226.
- ^ Staff (14 November 2009). "Two worlds of the left and right brain (audio podcast)". BBC Radio 4 Today. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- ^ Grayling, A.C. (December 2009). "In Two Minds". Literary Review. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ a b Gaisman, Jonathan (12 February 2022). "Know your left from your right: the brain's divided hemispheres". The Spectator. Press Holdings. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ a b c Staff (2009). "Scientific and Medical Network Annual Gathering 2009 (pdf)" (PDF). The Scientific and Medical Network. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- ^ McGilchrist, Iain (2009). "About Iain – Iain McGilchrist". iainmcgilchrist.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018. From the author's web site 'About' page.
- ^ Staff (2019). "About Iain – Iain McGilchrist". iainmcgilchrist.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ Staff (2019). "A Day of Consciousness". The Weekend University. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ Tallis, Raymond (April 2022). "Left-Thinking People: The Matter with Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World". Literary Review. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.