"Spellbinding, unique, and original, The Global Origins of Psychology stuns me with this fresh look into the ancient study of psyche. What is true of psyche is also true of logos: word, reason, argument, language, theory, the laws to be discovered, the human capacity for accessing experience and penetrating to its underlying laws - all the senses of logos - predate Greek philosophy. The journey of logos through the Fertile Crescent, Ancient Iraq, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel, and Ancient China delineates a new world map so that we understand how we reason in our mind in different areas of the world, historically, and cross-culturally."
Ruyu Hung, Distinguished Professor, National Chiayi University, Taiwan.
"Valentine provides a readable, fascinating review of the psyche through time, a sweeping tapestry of cultural and historic shifts in understanding the laterality of the brain. He brings forward ancient views of the mind and offers a thought provoking and insightful perspective on the challenges humanity has encountered and still faces."
Darcia Narvaez, University of Notre Dame, USA, and author of Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom.
