links – self-deception, narrative consciousness, new “visionary thriller”
Written on August 8, 2007
A few quick links …
1. Self-deception bibliography – part of the “Consciousness in the Natural World Project” from the University of Stirling. The bibliography & website in general don’t seem to have been updated for a few years but the bibliography has separate sections for articles and books, many with abstracts.
2. The introduction to ‘How to Read a Novel’ by John Sutherland is online at the Guardian, in which Sutherland touches on the interesting question “why we need so much narrative in our lives” and suggests that the rise of the novel in the 18th century “revolutionised” human consciousness….
3. For those who feel a need for narrative in the form of a “visionary thriller,” Discipline: A Novel by Paco Ahlgren sounds intriguing and has garnered lots of 5-star customer reviews at Amazon. (interview, website)
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