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The open mind : Cold War politics and the sciences of human nature /

"The Open Mind chronicles the development and promulgation of a scientific vision of the rational, creative, and autonomous self, demonstrating how this self became a defining feature of Cold War culture. Jamie Cohen-Cole illustrates how from 1945 to 1965 policy makers and social critics used t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cohen-Cole, Jamie Nace, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The American mind. Democratic minds for a complex society ; The creative American
  • The academic mind. Interdisciplinarity as a virtue ; The academy as model of America
  • The human mind. Scientists as the model of human nature ; Instituting cognitive science ; Cognitive theory and the making of liberal Americans
  • The divided mind. A fractured politics of human nature ; Conclusion: The history of the open mind.