The Mind: A User s Manual [平裝] (精神：用戶手冊)

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Our minds are subtle, beautiful and complex things. John Taylor explores how the mind works and shows us how to understand ourselves, how we can develop our minds to their full potential and how to keep them running smoothly.′Based on his sustained scientific investigations, John Taylor takes us on a fascinating and erudite journey of what it is that our minds do for us. This is an important addition to the library of anyone who has pondered how the brain conjures up our every thinking moment′.Igor Alexander, Professor in Neutral Systems Engineering, Imperial College, University of London′The book is such a fascinating, daring, gentle and thoughtful work that when you finish it it′s like losing a friend or a dear child leaving home... I can only try to convey some of the emotional enjoyment, coupled with a sense of discovery. I felt while reading it... John Taylor′s mind really does reach out to so many people, young, middle–aged and old′.Nicolas Roeg, Film Director
 

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List of acronymsIntroduction: From Vulnerable to UndesirablePart One: A World of Undesirables, a System of CampsChapter 1. Refugees, Displaced, Expelled: the Itinerary of the StatelessChapter 2. Refugee Camps Today. An Attempted InventoryPart Two: Everyday Life in the Twenty-First Century's Refugee CampsChapter 3. An Ethnologist in the Refugee CampsChapter 4. The Interminable Insomnia of Exile. The Camp as an Ordinary ExceptionalismChapter 5. Experiences of Wandering, Borders and Camps: Liberia, Sierra Leone, GuineaChapter 6. Surviving, Reviving, Leaving, Remaining. The Long Life of Angolan Refugees in ZambiaChapter 7. The Camp-Towns. Somalia in KenyaChapter 8. In the Name of the Refugees. Political Representation and Action in the CampsChapter 9. Who Will Speak Out in the Camp? A Study of Refugees' TestimonyPart Three: After the CampsChapter 10. If this is a townChapter 11. If this is a worldChapter 12. If this is a governmentConclusionBibliography