#130 - Iain McGilchrist - The Industrialisation Of Man, The Loss Of Faith, And What The Western Mind Has Done To Itself

About this episode

Dr Iain McGilchrist discusses the impact of industrialisation on humanity and the Western mind.

Dr Iain McGilchrist is a former Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, an associate Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Consultant Emeritus of the Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital, London, a former research Fellow in neuroimaging at Johns Hopkins University Medical School, and since September 2025 the Chancellor of Ralston College. He lives on the Isle of Skye. He is the author of The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making...

People in this episode

Host: John Gillam

Guest: Dr Iain McGilchrist

Topics covered

• industrialisation
• faith
• Western mind
• psychology
• neuroimaging
• cultural critique

Keywords

• industrialisation
• faith
• Western mind
• psychology
• neuroimaging
• cultural critique
• Iain McGilchrist
• Bethlem Hospital
• Oxford
• Ralston College

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: All Souls College, Green Templeton College, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Ralston College

Places: Isle of Skye

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