Critical Neuroscience : A Handbook of the Social and Cultural Contexts of ...

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Critical Neuroscience\n\nA Handbook of the Social and Cultural Contexts of Neuroscience\n\nNeurological thinking has extended itself into a great many spheres of life, from \""neuroanthropology\"" to \""neurozoology\"". We have urgently needed to understand this development within a broad historical and cultural context and Critical Neuroscience provides us with the necessary tools to engage with neuroscience and its social impacts in productive and intelligent ways. The book will be an extremely important resource for anyone interested in understanding how and why neuroscientific research has led us to think about social life in new ways. \n Emily Martin, Professor of Anthropology, New York University and author of \u2018Bipolar Expeditions: Mania and Depression in American Culture\u2019\nAt a time where neuroscience, whether molecular or social, is expanding so rapidly to nearly all aspects of human societies, way beyond academia, this volume brings a welcome and refreshing perspective]