The Trickster Brain

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Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739143972
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Book Synopsis The Trickster Brain by : David Williams

Download or read book The Trickster Brain written by David Williams and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently, scientific and literary cultures have existed side-by-side but most often in parallel universes, without connection. The Trickster Brain: Neuroscience, Evolution, and Nature by David Williams addresses the premise that humans are a biological species stemming from the long process of evolution, and that we do exhibit a universal human nature, given to us through our genes. From this perspective, literature is shown to be a product of our biological selves. By exploring central ideas in neuroscience, evolutionary biology, linguistics, music, philosophy, ethics, religion, and history, Williams shows that it is the circuitry of the brain’s hard-wired dispositions that continually create similar tales around the world: “archetypal” stories reflecting ancient tensions that arose from our evolutionary past and the very construction of our brains. The book asserts that to truly understand literature, one must look at the biological creature creating it. By using the lens of science to examine literature, we can see how stories reveal universal aspects of the biological mind. The Trickster character is particularly instructive as an archetypal character who embodies a raft of human traits and concerns, for Trickster is often god, devil, musical, sexual, silver tongued, animal, and human at once, treading upon the moral dictates of culture. Williams brings together science and the humanities, demonstrating a critical way of approaching literature that incorporates scientific thought.

Trickster Makes This World

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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1429930837
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Book Synopsis Trickster Makes This World by : Lewis Hyde

Download or read book Trickster Makes This World written by Lewis Hyde and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2010-08-17 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is embodied in trickster mythology. He first visits the old stories—Hermes in Greece, Eshu in West Africa, Krishna in India, Coyote in North America, among others—and then holds them up against the lives and work of more recent creators: Picasso, Duchamp, Ginsberg, John Cage, and Frederick Douglass. Twelve years after its first publication, Trickster Makes This World—authoritative in its scholarship, loose-limbed in its style—has taken its place among the great works of modern cultural criticism. This new edition includes an introduction by Michael Chabon.

Trick of the Light

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101136227
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Trick of the Light by : Rob Thurman

Download or read book Trick of the Light written by Rob Thurman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: View our feature on Rob Thurman’s Trick of the Light.When Trixa learns of a powerful artifact known as the Light of Life, she knows she’s hit the jackpot. Both sides—angel and demon—would give anything for it. But first she has to find it. And as Heaven and Hell ready for an apocalyptic throwdown, Trixa must decide where her true loyalty lies, and what she’s ready to fight for. Because in her world, if you line up on the wrong side, you pay with more than your life…

Trick of the Tale

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Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 9780763636463
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (364 download)

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Book Synopsis Trick of the Tale by : John Matthews

Download or read book Trick of the Tale written by John Matthews and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated collection of tales featuring notable trickster characters such as Raven and Hare, from the folk traditions of many countries.

Struck by Genius

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Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0544045645
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis Struck by Genius by : Jason Padgett

Download or read book Struck by Genius written by Jason Padgett and published by HMH. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From head trauma to scientific wonder—a “deeply absorbing . . . fascinating” true story of acquired savant syndrome (Entertainment Weekly). Twelve years ago, Jason Padgett had never made it past pre-algebra. But a violent mugging forever altered the way his brain worked. It turned an ordinary math-averse student into an extraordinary young man with a unique gift to see the world as no one else does: water pours from the faucet in crystalline patterns, numbers call to mind distinct geometric shapes, and intricate fractal patterns emerge from the movement of tree branches, revealing the intrinsic mathematical designs hidden in the objects around us. As his ability to understand physics skyrocketed, the “accidental genius” developed the astonishing ability to draw the complex geometric shapes he saw everywhere. Overcoming huge setbacks and embracing his new mind, Padgett “gained a vision of the world that is as beautiful as it is challenging.” Along the way he fell in love, found joy in numbers, and spent plenty of time having his head examined (The New York Times Book Review). Illustrated with Jason’s stunning, mathematically precise artwork, his singular story reveals the wondrous potential of the human brain, and “an incredible phenomenon which points toward dormant potential—a little Rain Man perhaps—within us all” (Darold A. Treffert, MD, author of Islands of Genius: The Bountiful Mind of the Autistic, Acquired, and Sudden Savant). “A tale worthy of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! . . . This memoir sends a hopeful message to families touched by brain injury, autism, or neurological damage from strokes.” —Booklist “How extraordinary it is to contemplate the bizarre gifts that might lie within all of us.” —People

Stalking the Tricksters

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Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1935487582
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (354 download)

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Book Synopsis Stalking the Tricksters by : Christopher O'Brien

Download or read book Stalking the Tricksters written by Christopher O'Brien and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manifestations of the Trickster persona such as cryptids, elementals, werewolves, demons, vampires and dancing devils have permeated human experience since before the dawn of civilization. But today, very little is publicly known about The Tricksters. Who are they? What is their agenda? Known by many names including fools, sages, Loki, men-in-black, skinwalkers, shapeshifters, jokers, jinn, sorcerers, and witches, Tricksters provide us with a direct conduit to the unknown in the 21st century. Can these denizens of phenomenal events be attempting to communicate a warning to humanity in this uncertain age of prophesied change? Take a journey around the world stalking the tricksters! Since 1992 Christopher O’Brien has investigated the mysterious San Luis Valley (in CO/NM)-possibly America’s most anomalous region. Among the many high-strange events he has investigated there and elsewhere are dozens of reports of unusual “trickster” characters including: Bigfoot, devils, crypto-creatures, and witches. He also has experience with other fantastic trickster-like phenomena worldwide. O’Brien’s Mysterious Valley book series and numerous TV and radio appearances have been appreciated by millions. Join him on this intriguing quest to identify the tricksters impacting the world in the modern age.

The Theosophist

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 970 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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The Great Brain Is Back

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0425290042
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis The Great Brain Is Back by : John D. Fitzgerald

Download or read book The Great Brain Is Back written by John D. Fitzgerald and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic trickster is back again, and he's up to no good in his eighth and final book of the series. Great mix of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Terrible Two series, and is perfect for fans of Roald Dahl. Tom D. Fitzgerald--better known as The Great Brain--has turned thirteen, and pretty Polly Reagan has put a spell on him. But when it comes to swindling his younger brother J. D., and all the other kids in Adenville, Tom hasn't changed a bit. The Great Brain is back one more time, and he's at the top of his form with his money-making schemes and getting into big trouble. As always, life is more exciting when this brain's around!

Pop Trickster Fool

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ISBN 13 : 9780252071812
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (718 download)

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Book Synopsis Pop Trickster Fool by : Kelly M. Cresap

Download or read book Pop Trickster Fool written by Kelly M. Cresap and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Andy Warhol didn't know--or pretended not to know--changed history. He habitually adopted the guise of a fool in public, which made it all the harder to grasp what he was getting at with his pop paintings and deadpan films. By making his own apparent lack of competence and intelligence into an elaborate ruse, he became a figure without precedent: a man whose self-conscious naivete has had truly revolutionary impact. With poise, wit, and exacting intelligence, Kelly M. Cresap performs a nearly impossible task: accounting for the far-ranging implications of Warhol's sustained performance as a naif. This book is as much for those who despise Warhol as those who admire him. Among the offerings here is a vigorous account of the search for Warhol's brain; a polemic on camp taste; and a unique town-hall forum representing four decades of intense debate about the artist. Readers will find an engaging blend of art and literature, popular culture and mythology, as well as timely reflections on postmodernism, queer identity politics, and the nature of jokes and performance.

Semiosis, Marginal Signs and Trickster

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Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Semiosis, Marginal Signs and Trickster by : C.W. Spinks

Download or read book Semiosis, Marginal Signs and Trickster written by C.W. Spinks and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1991-07-08 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As signifying creatures, we fear the false creation 'signifying nothing' because, like Macbeth, we think of them as daggers of the mind that raise questions about the reality of our signs, about signs as tools of creation and power, about the dark terrors (and lighter joys) that exist in human desire, and about the signs and the mind. This text argues that signs are, at base, generative things creating as much as they refer.

Quantum Psychology

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Publisher : New Falcon Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781561840717
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Book Synopsis Quantum Psychology by : Robert Anton Wilson

Download or read book Quantum Psychology written by Robert Anton Wilson and published by New Falcon Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout human history, thoughts, values and behaviours have been coloured by language and the prevailing view of the universe. With the advent of Quantum Mechanics, relativity, non-Euclidean geometries, non-Aristotelian logic and General Semantics, the scientific view of the world has changed dramatically from just a few decades ago. Nonetheless, human thinking is still deeply rooted in the cosmology of the middle ages. This is the book to change your way of perceiving yourself -- and the universe. Some say it's materialistic, others call it scientific and still others insist it's mystical. It is all of these -- and none. The book for the 21st Century, complete with exercises. Picks up where "Prometheus Rising" left off. Some say it's materialistic, others call it scientific and still others insist it's mystical. It is all of these -- and none.

Out of Your Mind

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Publisher : Souvenir Press
ISBN 13 : 0285644092
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (856 download)

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Book Synopsis Out of Your Mind by : Alan Watts

Download or read book Out of Your Mind written by Alan Watts and published by Souvenir Press. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to come to your senses, Alan Watts often said, you sometimes need to go out of your mind. Out of Your Mind brings readers, for the first time, six of this legendary thinker's most engaging teachings on how to break through the limits of the rational mind. Offering answers to generations of spiritual seekers, Alan Watts is the voice for all who search for an understanding of their identity and role in the world. For those both new and familiar with Watts, this book invites us to delve into his favourite pathways out of the trap of conventional awareness: discover art of the "controlled accident" - what happens when you stop taking your life so seriously and start enjoying it with complete sincerity. Embrace chaos to discover your deepest purpose. How do we come to believe "the myth of myself" - that we are skin-encapsulated egos separate from the world around us-and how to transcend that illusion? Find the miracle that occurs when we stop taking life so seriously.

Myth

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Myth by : Francesco Aristide Ancona

Download or read book Myth written by Francesco Aristide Ancona and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Great Brain Is Back

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Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0425288749
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis The Great Brain Is Back by : John D. Fitzgerald

Download or read book The Great Brain Is Back written by John D. Fitzgerald and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic trickster is back again, and he's up to no good in his eighth and final book of the series. Great mix of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Terrible Two series, and is perfect for fans of Roald Dahl. Tom D. Fitzgerald--better known as The Great Brain--has turned thirteen, and pretty Polly Reagan has put a spell on him. But when it comes to swindling his younger brother J. D., and all the other kids in Adenville, Tom hasn't changed a bit. The Great Brain is back one more time, and he's at the top of his form with his money-making schemes and getting into big trouble. As always, life is more exciting when this brain's around!

Brain, Culture & the Human Spirit

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Brain, Culture & the Human Spirit by : James B. Ashbrook

Download or read book Brain, Culture & the Human Spirit written by James B. Ashbrook and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains essays on brain, culture, and the human spirit that are basic to understanding the relation between religion and science. Each represent separate realms of inquiry, coming from physiology, anthropology, psychology, theology. Each author develops his own perspective as to the place of homo sapiens in the cosmos we know as earth. Together, however, they represent an emerging consensus. Contents: Introduction, James B. Ashbrook; On the Evolution of Three Mentalities, Paul D. MacLean; The Myth-Ritual Complex: A Biogenetic Structural Analysis, Eugene G. d'Aquili; Body, Brain, and Culture, Victor Turner; Psychology's Mentalist Paradigm and Religion/Science Tension, Roger W. Sperry; Brain Science and the Human Spirit, Colwyn Trevarthen; The Human Brain and Human Destiny: A Pattern for Old Brain Empathy with Emergence of Mind, James B. Ashbrook.

The Spiritual Universe

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Publisher : Pocket Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Spiritual Universe by : Fred Alan Wolf

Download or read book The Spiritual Universe written by Fred Alan Wolf and published by Pocket Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Book Award-winning author of Taking the Quantum Leap examines the startling answers modern science provides for questions about the soul--in a provocative exploration of the realm where religion, philosophy, science and spirituality intersect. Line drawings throughout.

HerStoriA

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
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Download or read book HerStoriA written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: