The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of How We Are Connected and Why That Matters

by Tom Oliver

We like to believe that we exist as independent selves at the centre of a subjective universe; that we are discrete individuals acting autonomously in the world with an unchanging inner self that persists throughout our lifetime. This is an illusion. On a physical, psychological and cultural level, we are all much more intertwined than we know: we cannot use our bodies to define our independent existence because most of our 37 trillion cells have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474611745
• ISBN13: 9781474611749
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.