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Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel exquisitely bridges science, medicine, and art to show how the unconscious was exposed during Vienna 1900. At a time when Sigmund Freud, Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, and Alois Riegl, among others, were all living in the same city, they were all also symltaneously exploring the unconscious mind. Through detailed revelations about the work that each master in his field was producing at the time, as well as examinations of our current theories and beliefs, Kandel skillfully reinvigorates the conversation between art and science that began in Vienna 1900.
The central challenge of science in the twenty-first century is to understand the human mind in biological terms--to discover how the nerve cells in our brain give rise to perception, memory, emotion, empathy, and creativity. This new science is important not only because it provides a deeper understanding of what makes us who we are, but also because it lays the groundwork for a meaningful dialogue between neuroscience, the arts, and the humanities. Such a dialogue would integrate scientific ideas into contemporary intellectual discourse and thus serve to enrich our culture.
The Age of Insight takes up this central scientific challenge by exploring what we have learned about the relation between science and our response to art from Vienna 1900 to the present.
Advance Praise for The Age of Insight:
-"A fascinating meditation on the interplay among art, psychology and brain science. The author, who fled Vienna as a child, has remained captivated by Austrian artists Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele, each of whom was profoundly influenced by Sigmund Freud and by the emerging scientific approach to medicine in their day ... [calls] for a new, interdisciplinary approach to understanding the mind, one that combines the humanities with the natural and social sciences."--Scientific American
-"Engrossing ... Nobel-winning neuroscientist Kandel excavates the hidden workings of the creative mind. Kandel writes perceptively about a range of topics, from art history--the book's color reproductions alone make it a great browse--to dyslexia. ... Kandel captures the reader's imagination with intriguing historical syntheses and fascinating scientific insights into how we see--and feel--the world."--Publisher's Weekly
-"Eric Kandel has succeeded in a brilliant synthesis which would have delighted and fascinated Freud: using Viennese culture of the twentieth century as a lens, he examines the intersections of psychology, neuroscience, and art. THE AGE OF INSIGHT is a tour-de-force that sets the stage for a twenty-first century understanding of the human mind in all its richness and diversity."-Oliver Sacks, author of The Mind's Eye and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
-"Eric Kandel's book is a stunning achievement, remarkable for its scientific, artistic, and historical insights. No one else could have written this book--all its readers will be amply rewarded."--Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
-"Eric Kandel's training as a psychiatrist and his vast knowledge of how the brain works enrich this thoroughly original exploration of the relationship between the birth of psychoanalysis, Austrian Expressionism, and Modernism in Vienna."--Margaret Livingstone, Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
-"This is the book that Charles Darwin would have produced, had he chosen to write about art and aesthetics. Kandel, one of the great pioneers of modern neuroscience, has effectively bridged the 'two cultures'--science and humanities. This is a task that many philosophers, especially those called 'new mysterians,' had considered impossible."--V. S. Ramachandran, author of The Tell-Tale Brain
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