Neuro : the new brain sciences and the management of the mind / Nikolas Rose and Joelle M. Abi-Rached.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rose, Nikolas S.

Contributor:

Abi-Rached, Joelle M., 1979-

Howard R. Jachman Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neuropsychology.

Neuropsychology--methods.

Brain--physiopathology.

Neurosciences--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Neuropsychology--methods.

Brain--physiopathology.

Neurosciences--methods.

Physical Description:

xii, 335 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2013]

Summary:

"The brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before, from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaesthetics. Many now believe that the brain is what makes us human, and it seems that neuroscientists are poised to become the new experts in the management of human conduct. Neuro describes the key developments--theoretical, technological, economic, and biopolitical--that have enabled the neurosciences to gain such traction outside the laboratory. It explores the ways neurobiological conceptions of personhood are influencing everything from child rearing to criminal justice, and are transforming the ways we "know ourselves" as human beings. In this emerging neuro-ontology, we are not "determined" by our neurobiology: on the contrary, it appears that we can and should seek to improve ourselves by understanding and acting on our brains. Neuro examines the implications of this emerging trend, weighing the promises against the perils, and evaluating some widely held concerns about a neurobiological "colonization" of the social and human sciences. Despite identifying many exaggerated claims and premature promises, Neuro argues that the openness provided by the new styles of thought taking shape in neuroscience, with its contemporary conceptions of the neuromolecular, plastic, and social brain, could make possible a new and productive engagement between the social and brain sciences."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

The neuromolecular brain

The visible invisible

What's wrong with their mice?

All in the brain?

The social brain

The antisocial brain

Personhood in a neurobiological age

Managing brains, minds, and selves.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-323) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Howard R. Jachman Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0691149615

9780691149608

0691149607

OCLC:

795063798

Publisher Number:

99961370321