What we’re about
This group is for anyone interested. But particularly for those interested in integrative, interdisciplinary thinking and the work of Iain McGilchrist. McGilchrist has already made significant contributions with his previous works - The Master and His Emissary and Ways of Attending - but he has now has a new book out. This book is called The Matter With Things.
From the author's website:
"In this landmark new book, Iain McGilchrist addresses some of the oldest and hardest questions humanity faces – ones that, however, have a practical urgency for all of us today:
- Who are we?
- What is the world?
- How can we understand consciousness, matter, space and time?
- Is the cosmos without purpose or value?
- Can we really neglect the sacred and divine?
In doing so, he argues that we have become enslaved to an account of things dominated by the brain’s left hemisphere, one that blinds us to an awe-inspiring reality that is all around us, had we but eyes to see it. He suggests that in order to understand ourselves and the world we need science and intuition, reason and imagination ... "
