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The Metamorphoses of the Brain – Neurologisation and its Discontents [electronic resource] / by Jan De Vos.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016Description: IX, 250 p. 2 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781137505576
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 612.8 23
LOC classification:
  • QP351-495
  • QP360-360.7
Online resources:
Contents:
Chapter 1. The Education Brain -- Chapter 2. The Material Brain -- Chapter 3. The Iconographic Brain -- Chapter 4. The Sexual Brain -- Chapter 5. The Celebrated Brain -- Chapter 6. The Political Brain. .
In: Springer eBooksSummary: What are we exactly, when we are said to be our brain? This question leads Jan De Vos to examine the different metamorphoses of the brain: the educated brain, the material brain, the iconographic brain, the sexual brain, the celebrated brain and, finally, the political brain. This first book-length argument on neurologisation, which lays bare its lineage with psychologisation, should be taken seriously by psychologists, educationalists, sociologists, students of cultural studies, policy makers and, above all, neuroscientists themselves.
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Chapter 1. The Education Brain -- Chapter 2. The Material Brain -- Chapter 3. The Iconographic Brain -- Chapter 4. The Sexual Brain -- Chapter 5. The Celebrated Brain -- Chapter 6. The Political Brain. .

What are we exactly, when we are said to be our brain? This question leads Jan De Vos to examine the different metamorphoses of the brain: the educated brain, the material brain, the iconographic brain, the sexual brain, the celebrated brain and, finally, the political brain. This first book-length argument on neurologisation, which lays bare its lineage with psychologisation, should be taken seriously by psychologists, educationalists, sociologists, students of cultural studies, policy makers and, above all, neuroscientists themselves.

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