Iain McGilchrist | |
---|---|
Born | 1953 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Psychiatrist, writer, lecturer |
Known for | The books The Master and His Emissary and The Matter with Things |
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]
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]
{{
cite journal}}
: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (
link) E-
ISSN
1086-3303. Print
ISSN
1071-6076.