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Stranger in the Mirror

Robert Levine

Who are we? Where is the boundary between us and everything else? Are we all multiple personalities? And how can we control who we become?

From distinguished psychologist Robert Levine comes this provocative and entertaining scientific exploration of the most personal and important of all landscapes: the physical and psychological entity we call our self.

Using a combination of case studies and cutting-edge research in psychology biology neuroscience virtual reality and many other fields Levine challenges cherished beliefs about the unity and stability of the self - but also suggests that we are more capable of change than we know.

Transformation Levine shows is the human condition at virtually every level. Physically our cells are unrecognizable from one moment to the next. Cognitively our self-perceptions are equally changeable: A single glitch can make us lose track of a body part or our entire body or to confuse our very self with that of another person. Psychologically we switch back and forth like quicksilver between incongruent sometimes adversarial sub-selves. Socially we appear to be little more than an ever-changing troupe of actors. And culturally the boundaries of the self vary wildly around the world - from the confines of one's body to an entire village.

The self in short is a fiction: vague arbitrary and utterly intangible. But it is also interminably fluid. And this unleashes a world of potential.

Engaging informative and ultimately liberating Stranger in the Mirror will change forever how you think about your self - and what you might become.

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  • Classification : Popular Science
  • Pub Date : OCT 1, 2022
  • Imprint : Robinson
  • Page Extent : 304
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781472146960
  • Price : INR 699
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Robert Levine

Robert Levine is a New York born-and-bred music writer. His work has appeared in many periodicals and newspapers. He is also the author of Maria Callas: A Musical Biography.

Meredith Hamilton has illustrated eight books in the Child's Introduction series. Her other illustration work includes apps for children cookbooks and Steuben glass. She lives in Brooklyn NY.

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