The Psychology of Ancient Egypt | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781737305545 | The Psychology of Ancient Egypt | Reconstructing A Lost Mentality

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Building upon Julian Jaynes's theory of bicameral mentality, Brian McVeigh reconstructs the worldview of ancient Egypt, with its innumerable gods and goddesses, magnificent temples, and monumental mortuary architecture. By surveying the spiritual landscape of glorified ancestors, radiant gods, and a theocentric social order crowned by awe-inspiring pharaohs that lasted for three millennia, McVeigh argues that depictions of supernatural visitations were more than mytho-literary fabrications. Rather, they were recountings of audiovisual hallucinations interpreted as divine guidance. Moreover, the multiple manifestations of the deceased - Kas (spiritual doubles), Bas (human-headed bird body¿souls), and Akhs (transfigured dead) - evidence hallucinated visitations. This book puts into scientific perspective the mysteries of this impressive civilization, which continue to fascinate the modern imagination. It also challenges the assumption that human psychology does not change through history and the conventional wisdom of Egyptology, as well as offering lessons about cognitive relativism.

Über den Autor

Brian J. McVeigh has an MA and a PhD in anthropology from Princeton University, as well as an MS in counseling. He is interested in how the human mind adapts, both through history and psychotherapeutically. Inspired by and using the theories of Julian Jaynes as a theoretical framework, he has published 16 books on the history of Japanese psychology, the origins of religions, the Bible, spirit possession, art and popular culture, linguistics, nationalism, and changing definitions of self, time, and space. He has lived and worked in Japan and China for many years, taught at the University of Arizona for ten years, and now works in private practice as a licensed mental health counselor.

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Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781737305545
ISBN-10:	1737305542
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Mcveigh, Brian J.
Hersteller:	Julian Jaynes Society
Maße:	229 x 152 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Brian J. Mcveigh
Erscheinungsdatum:	12.09.2023
Gewicht:	0,478 kg

Artikel-ID: 128705015

Über den Autor

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781737305545
ISBN-10:	1737305542
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Mcveigh, Brian J.
Hersteller:	Julian Jaynes Society
Maße:	229 x 152 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Brian J. Mcveigh
Erscheinungsdatum:	12.09.2023
Gewicht:	0,478 kg