Psychoanalyzing the Politics of the New Brain Sciences

by Robert Samuels

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This book argues that neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, and behavioral economics often function as a political ideology masquerading as a new science. In looking at works by Antonio Damasio, Steven Pinker, Richard Thaler, Cas Sunstein, and John Tooby, Robert Samuels undertakes a close reading of the new brain sciences, and by turning to the works of Freud and Lacan, offers a counter-discourse to these new emerging sciences. He argues that an...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:3319718908

ISBN13:9783319718903

Release Date:January 2018

Publisher:Palgrave Pivot

Length:143 Pages

Weight:0.74 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"

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Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Psychology

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