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, protracted and sustained 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. "Acknowledgments"--"Contents"--"1: Introduction: The Metamorphoses of the Brain" -- "References" -- "2: The Educated Brain: A Critique of Neuroeducation" -- " Introduction" -- " The Question of the Surplus" -- " Relaunching Critique" -- " Weak Education?" -- " Strong Neurology?" -- " Why Psychology Sticks" -- " A Critique of Neuronal Economy" -- " Conclusions" -- "References" -- "3: The Material Brain: A Plea for the Uselessness of Psychoanalysis" -- " Introduction" -- " The Neuropsy-Sciences: Materiality and the Virtual (Re)turn" -- " Psychoanalysis: Back to the Matter" -- " Should Nature Save the Humanities?" -- " Ideology Critique and Virtual Political Economy" -- " Should Psychoanalysis Save Everybody?" -- " Towards a Decentred Materialism" -- " Conclusions" -- "References" -- "4: The Iconographic Brain: An Inquiry into the Culture of Brain Imaging" -- " Introduction" -- " The Brain Image as an Interpellation of Subjectivity" -- " â#x80;#x9C;The Spectacle of the Brainâ#x80;#x9D; and Virtuality" -- " From the Psychological Portrait to the Disembodied Brain Image" -- " The Iconographic Brain and the Data-Gaze" -- " Toward an Iconology of the Brain Image" -- " Conclusions" -- "References" -- "5: The Sexual Brain: Against Neuro-Plasticity" -- " Introduction" -- " Plasticity: A Strong Ontological Claim" -- " The Psycho-Transcendental Subject of Modernity" -- " Malabouâ#x80;#x99;s Critique of Psychoanalysisâ#x80;#x99; Sexuality" -- " The Spectre of Psychology" -- " The Rock of the Transcendental" -- " The Real of the Political" -- " Conclusions" -- "References" -- "6: The Celebrated Brain: The Role of the Brain in the Society of the Spectacle" -- "Introduction" -- " The Brain Is (a) Fun(ny Object)" -- " The Spectacle of the Iconoclastic Brain" -- " Fascination and Bonding at the Side of a Grave." Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction: The Metamorphoses of the Brain....Pages 1-12 The Educated Brain: A Critique of Neuroeducation....Pages 13-51 The Material Brain: A Plea for the Uselessness of Psychoanalysis....Pages 53-90 The Iconographic Brain: An Inquiry into the Culture of Brain Imaging....Pages 91-128 The Sexual Brain: Against Neuro-Plasticity....Pages 129-167 The Celebrated Brain: The Role of the Brain in the Society of the Spectacle....Pages 169-201 The Political Brain: The Brain as a Political Invention....Pages 203-241 Back Matter....Pages 243-250 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