Being Brains: Making the Cerebral Subject

by Francisco Ortega and Fernando Vidal

Being Brains offers a critical exploration of neurocentrism, the belief that "we are our brains," which became widespread in the 1990s. Encouraged by advances in neuroimaging, the humanities and social sciences have taken a "neural turn," in the form of neuro-subspecialties in fields such as anthropology, aesthetics, education, history, law, sociology, and theology. Dubious but successful commercial enterprises such as "neuromarketing" and "neurobics"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823276074
• ISBN13: 9780823276073
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"