Aping Mankind

Neuroscience has made astounding progress in the understanding of the brain. In this brilliant critique Raymond Tallis dismantles the craze for "Neuromania", the very idea that we are reducible to our brains. With precision and acuity he argues that the belief that human beings can be understood in biological terms is a serious obstacle to clear thinking about what human beings are and what they might become.

Combative, fearless and thought-provoking, Aping Mankind is an important book and one that scientists, cultural commentators and policy-makers cannot ignore.

This Routledge Classics edition includes a new preface by the Author.