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The Metamorphoses of the Brain - Neurologisation and its Discontents
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2016.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2016. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | IX, 250 p. 2 illus. in color. online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781137505576 |