The mimetic brain / Jean-Michel Oughourlian ; translated by Trevor Cribben Merrill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oughourlian, Jean-Michel, author.

Contributor:

Merrill, Trevor Cribben, translator.

Series:

Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.

Studies in Violence, Mimesis, & Culture

Standardized Title:

Notre troisieme cerveau. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neuropsychology.

Cognitive neuroscience.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The discovery of mirror neurons in the 1990s led to an explosion of research and debate about the imitative capacities of the human brain. Some herald a paradigm shift on the order of DNA in biology, while others remain skeptical. In this revolutionary volume Jean- Michel Oughourlian shows how the hypotheses of René Girard can be combined with the insights of neuroscientists to shed new light on the "mimetic brain." Offering up clinical studies and a complete reevaluation of classical psychiatry, Oughourlian explores the interaction among reason, emotions, and imitation and reveals that rivalry--the blind spot in contemporary neuroscientific understandings of imitation--is a misunderstood driving force behind mental illness. Oughourlian's analyses shake the very foundations of psychiatry as we know it and open up new avenues for both theoretical research and clinical practice.

Contents:

For a mimetic anthropology

For a psychiatry of the three brains

An essay in mimetic nosology

The dialectic of the rational, emotional, and mimetic brains.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62895-247-4

1-60917-476-3

OCLC:

930758584