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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... psyche and soma — paralyses , amnesias , strangulated affects , nervous tics , and infantile fantasies — that Freud was able to forge the foundations of psychoanalytic theory and method . This approach to reading Freud has stressed the ...
... psyche and soma — paralyses , amnesias , strangulated affects , nervous tics , and infantile fantasies — that Freud was able to forge the foundations of psychoanalytic theory and method . This approach to reading Freud has stressed the ...
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... psyche . This hypothesis about the value of simple biological events is one that I test in this book in relation to the neurological theories of — not only Freud — but also Charles Darwin , Oliver Sacks , Simon LeVay , Paul MacLean ...
... psyche . This hypothesis about the value of simple biological events is one that I test in this book in relation to the neurological theories of — not only Freud — but also Charles Darwin , Oliver Sacks , Simon LeVay , Paul MacLean ...
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... psyche into soma ) that has been the least explored aspect of conversion hysteria . We may be well equipped to answer why hysterics convert , but we appear to be collectively mute in response to the question of how they convert.5 Breuer ...
... psyche into soma ) that has been the least explored aspect of conversion hysteria . We may be well equipped to answer why hysterics convert , but we appear to be collectively mute in response to the question of how they convert.5 Breuer ...
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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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