Neuroscience and Critique : Exploring the Limits of the Neurological Turn

Neuroscience and Critique is a ground-breaking edited collection which considers the impact of neuroscience on contemporary social science and the humanities. Bringing together leading scholars from several disciplines, the contributors draw upon a range of perspectives. Du site de l'éd. : Recent years have seen a rapid growth in neuroscientific research, and an expansion beyond basic research to incorporate elements of the arts, humanities and social sciences. It has been suggested that the neurosciences will bring about major transformations in the understanding of ourselves, our culture and our society. In academia one finds debates within psychology, philosophy and literature about the implications of developments within the neurosciences, and the emerging fields of educational neuroscience, neuro-economics, and neuro-aesthetics also bear witness to a 'neurological turn' which is currently taking place. Neuroscience and Critique is a ground-breaking edited collection which reflects on the impact of neuroscience in contemporary social science and the humanities. It is the first book to consider possibilities for a critique of the theories, practices, and implications of contemporary neuroscience. Bringing together leading scholars from several disciplines, the contributors draw upon a range of perspectives, including cognitive neuroscience, critical philosophy, psychoanalysis, and feminism, and also critically examine several key ideas in contemporary neuroscience, including : the idea of "neural personhood"; theories of emotion in affective neuroscience; empathy, intersubjectivity and the notion of "embodied simulation"; the concept of an "emo-rational" actor within neuro-economics. The volume will stimulate further debate in the emerging field of interdisciplinary studies in neuroscience, and will appeal to researchers and advanced students in a range of disciplines including critical psychology, philosophy, and critical studies Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of Contributors Introduction: Who Needs Critique? PART I: Which Critique? 1 The Brain: A Nostalgic Dream: Some Notes on Neuroscience and the Problem of Modern Knowledge 2 What is Critique in the Era of the Neurosciences? 3 Who Are We, Then, If We Are Indeed Our Brains? Reconsidering a Critical Approach to Neuroscience 4 Neuroscientific Dystopia: Does Naturalism Commit a Category Mistake? PART II: Some Critiques 5 From Global Economic Change to Neuromolecular Capitalism 6 What is the Feminist Critique of Neuroscience? A Call for Dissensus Studies 7 Brain in the Shell: Assessing the Stakes and the Transformative Potential of the Human Brain Project 8 Confession of a Weak Reductionist: Responses to Some Recent Criticisms of My Materialism PART III: Critical Praxes 9 The Role of Biology in the Advent of Psychology: Neuropsychoanalysis and the Foundation of a Mental Level of Causality 10 Embodied Simulation as Second-Person Perspective on Intersubjectivity 11 Empathy as Developmental Achievement: Beyond Embodied Simulation Afterword 12 The Fragile Unity of Neuroscience Index Recent years have seen a rapid growth in neuroscientific research, and an expansion beyond basic research to incorporate elements of the arts, humanities and social sciences. It has been suggested that the neurosciences will bring about major transformations in the understanding of ourselves, our culture and our society. In academia one finds debates within psychology, philosophy and literature about the implications of developments within the neurosciences, and the emerging fields of educational neuroscience, neuro-economics, and neuro-aesthetics also bear witness to a ‘neurological turn'which is currently taking place.Neuroscience and Critiqueis a ground-breaking edited collection which reflects on the impact of neuroscience in contemporary social science and the humanities. It is the first book to consider possibilities for a critique of the theories, practices, and implications of contemporary neuroscience.Chapter 7 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 3.0 license. Recent years have seen a rapid growth in neuroscientific research, and an expansion beyond basic research to incorporate elements of the arts, humanities and social sciences. It has been suggested that the neurosciences will bring about major transformations in the understanding of ourselves, our culture and our society. In academia one finds debates within psychology, philosophy and literature about the implications of developments within the neurosciences, and the emerging fields of educational neuroscience, neuro-economics, and neuro-aesthetics also bear witness to a neurological turn which is currently taking place. Neuroscience and Critique is a ground-breaking edited collection which reflects on the impact of neuroscience in contemporary social science and the humanities. It is the first book to consider possibilities for a critique of the theories, practices, and implications of contemporary neuroscience. Chapter 7 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 3.0 license.