Hearing Voices

The history, phenomenology, meanings and causes of hearing voices that others cannot hear (auditory verbal hallucinations) are explored in this book, which travels from voice-hearing in the ancient world through to contemporary experiences and neuroscience, examining how power, politics, gender, medicine and religion have shaped the meaning of hearing voices.

Istoria, fenomenologia, semnificatiile si cauzele auzirii vocilor pe care altii nu le pot auzi (halucinatii verbale auditive) sunt explorate in aceasta carte, care calatoreste de la auzul vocii in lumea antica pana la experientele si neurostiintele contemporane, examinand modul in care puterea, politica, genul , medicina si religia au modelat semnificatia auzirii vocilor.