{"product_id":"9780753560938","title":"The Animal and the Thinker","description":"Author:\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780753560938\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 28 Oct 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 432\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePioneering, prize-winning neuroscientist who has led research programmes at Oxford and Cambridge, with a dazzling new story of human behaviour and how we find meaning, for fans of Thinking Fast and Slow and Steven Pinker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe big questions of our lives bring fierce debates.  \u003ci\u003eRight and wrong\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eFreedom and responsibility\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eWomen and men\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eDemocracy and justice\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAmbition and fulfilment\u003c\/i\u003e.  Where do answers lie in a mind that produces the many sides and needs of humanity?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Animal and the Thinker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, pioneering neuroscientist John Duncan lays out the principles, strengths and weaknesses of two sides of ourselves.  One side follows the principles of instinctive animal behaviour.  It is elaborate, sophisticated, conflicted yet essential - without it, our life would have no meaning.  On the other side is our rational brain. It generates an infinite world of new ideas, but often, its need for focus generates sterile social beliefs and destructive culture wars. Our rational side is brilliant, but often, it is wrong.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor thousands of years, writers, thinkers and philosophers have seen human life as a war between Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Duncan shows that there is no war.  To bring humanity and reality to the great, conflicted questions of our lives, we need the dance between these two essential sides of ourselves.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46727008026782,"sku":"UBD-9780753560938","price":36.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780753560938.jpg?v=1776491275","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780753560938","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}