A Brief History of the Head: A User's Guide
11 hrs. 23 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Raymond Tallis
Author
Raymond Tallis
Narrator
Natalya Karpunina
Narrator
Natalya Karpunina
Description
Philosopher Raymond Tallis was asked to write a book about the brain, but he refused—everything that could be written about it has already been written. The head is another matter altogether: it is a very interesting subject for study, a vast unplowed field for an inquisitive scholar. Raymond reflects on what the head meant to people of different eras, examines its role in various aspects of life, and gathers interesting statements about it.
What emerges is not only a witty study, but also a fine collection of quotations about the head. And most of the maxims belong to Tallis himself. “Yes, I am my head (in a sense that is extraordinarily difficult to explain). But I am also its master, if we speak of my actions as possession… I use my head, act through it, sometimes quite roughly, as though it were some kind of instrument. I represent it. Judge it. Know it. Every face is unique, and its portrait will be only an average identikit. The very thought of how little we know about our own head firsthand is astonishing.”
What emerges is not only a witty study, but also a fine collection of quotations about the head. And most of the maxims belong to Tallis himself. “Yes, I am my head (in a sense that is extraordinarily difficult to explain). But I am also its master, if we speak of my actions as possession… I use my head, act through it, sometimes quite roughly, as though it were some kind of instrument. I represent it. Judge it. Know it. Every face is unique, and its portrait will be only an average identikit. The very thought of how little we know about our own head firsthand is astonishing.”
20:01
00_00_Kratkaya_istoriya
15:04
01_01_Litzom_k_litsu_s_golovoi
06:50
01_02_Nemnogo_anatomii
12:49
01_03_Sam_sebe_golova
21:58
02_01_Golova_vydelyayuschaya
26:45
02_02_Slyuna
18:03
02_03_Sluozy
12:57
02_04_Byt_svoey_golovoi
30:07
03_00_Vozmyomsya_za_golovy
20:52
04_01_Veter_v_golove
16:32
04_02_Veter_v_golove
20:51
04_03_Veter_v_golove
28:10
05_00_Slova_na_veter
33:11
06_00_Bezvozdushnoe_Obschenie
29:55
07_00_Koe_chto_o_krasnoschekom
14:18
08_01_Smotrovaya_bashnya
22:43
08_02_Vglub_vzglyada
25:26
08_03_Navidu
12:19
09_01_Komnata_chuvstv
22:15
09_02_Sluhovoi_avanpost
16:06
09_03_Vkus_i_zapah
17:46
09_04_Samochuvstvie_golovy
36:56
10_00_Golovnoi_traffik
17:40
11_00_Litzom_k_litsu
31:30
12_00_Ubtanstvo_golovy
20:13
13_00_Na_voine. Boegolovka
29:59
14_01_Priblizhenie_k_starosti
30:42
14_02_Cherep
32:16
15_00_Golova_i_okruzhayuschiy_mir
31:34
16_00_Dumayuschaya_golova
07:16
17_00_Epilog
