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Proust was a neuroscientist

By Jonah Lehrer

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Details the contributions of an unlikely group of artists--including artist Paul Czanne, chef Auguste Escoffier, writer Gertrude Stein, novelist Marcel Proust, ...

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Proust Was a Neuroscientist, By Jonah Lehrer

In this book, Jonah Lehrer argues that great artists and writers have demonstrated an uncanny awareness of mental life. He shows that Whitman's poetry eschewed the dualisms of the 19th century to emphasise the role of the body in the higher processes ... (read full critics)

independent published on Sun, 13 May 2012

Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer

In Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare wrote, Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, wherin he puts alms for oblivion. This fully accords with the discoveries of modern brain science. Proust in his famous novel, In Search of Lost Time anticipates su ... (read full critics)

thebookbag published on Wed, 20 Apr 2011

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Proust was a Neuroscientist explores the sometimes curious relationship between art and science. In each chapter, author Jonah Lehrer reveals how a particular artist—Walt Whitman, George Eliot, Auguste Escoffier, Marcel Proust, Paul Cézanne, Igor Stravinsky, Gertrude Stein, and Virginia Woolf ... (continue)

Proust was a Neuroscientist explores the sometimes curious relationship between art and science. In each chapter, author Jonah Lehrer reveals how a particular artist—Walt Whitman, George Eliot, Auguste Escoffier, Marcel Proust, Paul Cézanne, Igor Stravinsky, Gertrude Stein, and Virginia Woolf—anticipated later discoveries by neuroscientists. Simultaneously, Lehrer considers how the artists themselves were influenced by scientific thinking at the time. Even if science isn't your cup of tea, Lehrer's insights into the artists' goals, thought processes, and influences should prove fascinating.

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