Psychosomatic: Feminism and the Neurological BodyDuke University Press, 16 июн. 2004 г. - Всего страниц: 136 How can scientific theories contribute to contemporary accounts of embodiment in the humanities and social sciences? In particular, how does neuroscientific research facilitate new approaches to theories of mind and body? Feminists have frequently criticized the neurosciences for biological reductionism, yet, Elizabeth A. Wilson argues, neurological theories—especially certain accounts of depression, sexuality, and emotion—are useful to feminist theories of the body. Rather than pointing toward the conventionalizing tendencies of the neurosciences, Wilson emphasizes their capacity for reinvention and transformation. Focusing on the details of neuronal connections, subcortical pathways, and reflex actions, she suggests that the central and peripheral nervous systems are powerfully allied with sexuality, the affects, emotional states, cognitive appetites, and other organs and bodies in ways not fully appreciated in the feminist literature. Whether reflecting on Simon LeVay’s hypothesis about the brains of gay men, Peter Kramer’s model of depression, or Charles Darwin’s account of trembling and blushing, Wilson is able to show how the neurosciences can be used to reinvigorate feminist theories of the body. |
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... biological or reductionist declarations are not necessarily the moments when his accounts become static, incoherent, or critically useless. In fact, these moments of biological reduction often produce Freud's most acute formulations ...
... biological or reductionist declarations are not necessarily the moments when his accounts become static, incoherent, or critically useless. In fact, these moments of biological reduction often produce Freud's most acute formulations ...
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... biology of conversion hysteria in most feminist expositions; the particularities of the muscles, nerves, and organs in ... biological mechanisms are in play when gastric pains are removed by the placement of the analyst's hands on the ...
... biology of conversion hysteria in most feminist expositions; the particularities of the muscles, nerves, and organs in ... biological mechanisms are in play when gastric pains are removed by the placement of the analyst's hands on the ...
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... biology of hysteria encompasses not simply the logic of spatiality (Which body part?) but also the logic of ... biological conversion suggests that the question of the body has yet to be posed as comprehensively as it could be ...
... biology of hysteria encompasses not simply the logic of spatiality (Which body part?) but also the logic of ... biological conversion suggests that the question of the body has yet to be posed as comprehensively as it could be ...
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... biological extraordinariness of such a conversion. She continues immediately: ''In 1880, [Augustine] began to rebel against the hospital regime; she had periods of violence in which she tore her clothes and broke windows. During these ...
... biological extraordinariness of such a conversion. She continues immediately: ''In 1880, [Augustine] began to rebel against the hospital regime; she had periods of violence in which she tore her clothes and broke windows. During these ...
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... biological. In the very first pages, David-Ménard declares of hysteria that it ''is not acquainted with the anatomy of the nervous system'' (2) and that ''the physiological body is not what is involved'' (3). As we know, hysterical ...
... biological. In the very first pages, David-Ménard declares of hysteria that it ''is not acquainted with the anatomy of the nervous system'' (2) and that ''the physiological body is not what is involved'' (3). As we know, hysterical ...
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1 Freud Prozac and Melancholic Neurology | 15 |
2 The Brain in the Gut | 31 |
LeVays Study of Sexual Orientation | 49 |
Darwins Nervous System | 63 |
Evolution and the Reptilian Brain | 79 |
Notes | 97 |
References | 113 |
Index | 123 |
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