Iain McGilchrist

Iain McGilchrist (born 1953)[1] is a psychiatrist, writer, and former Oxford literary scholar.[2] McGilchrist came to prominence after the publication of his book The Master and His Emissary, subtitled The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World.[2]

Iain McGilchrist
McGilchrist in 2018
Born1953
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Psychiatrist, writer, lecturer
Known forThe books The Master and His Emissary and The Matter with Things

McGilchrist read English at New College, Oxford and published Against Criticism in 1982.[3] 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.[3] McGilchrist is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and has been elected a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford three times.[3]

According to his web site, 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.[4]

In 2021 McGilchrist published a new book of neuroscience, epistemology and metaphysics called The Matter with Things.[5][6]

Selected works
  • 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. Royal College of Psychiatrists. 167 (3): 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. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 16 (2): 161–169. doi:10.1353/ppp.0.0236 (inactive 1 August 2023). Retrieved 6 February 2010.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2023 (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
  1. Staff (2019). "The Divided Brain". Paris Institute of Political Studies. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. Kingerlee, Roger; Testa, Rita (2011). "Review of The Master and his Emissary". Neuropsychoanalysis. Karnac Books for the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society. 12 (2): 222–226.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Staff (2019). "About Iain – Iain McGilchrist". iainmcgilchrist.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  6. Staff (2019). "A Day of Consciousness". The Weekend University. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
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