On the Mind and Freedom

This book explores aspects of human cognitive capacities and how they structure our knowledge of reality. It then discusses the political and economic structure of the West to see whether particular theories of human nature are reflected in and promoted by the dominant institutions. It reviews the human rights record of Britain based on information from journals and scholarly histories, focusing primarily on the post-war world. There are many books which deal with the mind, but this book draws together some of the most significant and illuminating advances in recent cognitive science. There are also many books which deal with education, economics, political philosophy and British foreign policy, but much of Whitehall’s support of brutal regimes from Suharto in Indonesia to Obasanjo in Nigeria are unknown to the public and remain unresearched by journalists and academics. In short, there are many books which deal with ‘the mind’ and ‘freedom,’ but not many which deal with the ‘and.’