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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... psychoanalysis . A strong case has been made , via hysteria , that the psycho- logical tenets of psychoanalysis are indebted to somatic symptomology— that the psyche is always already of the body . Yet perhaps the body in psychoanalysis ...
... psychoanalysis . A strong case has been made , via hysteria , that the psycho- logical tenets of psychoanalysis are indebted to somatic symptomology— that the psyche is always already of the body . Yet perhaps the body in psychoanalysis ...
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... Psychoanalysis " ( 1925c ) .1 In this paper Freud dates the beginning of psychoanalysis , not from the lamprey , but from his contact with Breuer , Charcot , and hypnosis . Moreover , he chastises his physician colleagues for their ...
... Psychoanalysis " ( 1925c ) .1 In this paper Freud dates the beginning of psychoanalysis , not from the lamprey , but from his contact with Breuer , Charcot , and hypnosis . Moreover , he chastises his physician colleagues for their ...
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... psychoanalysis since.3 These fragments carry within them the full force of the demand Freud felt pressing on his own personal integrity in 1924 , and they push with no less urgency at the coherence of contemporary accounts of embodiment ...
... psychoanalysis since.3 These fragments carry within them the full force of the demand Freud felt pressing on his own personal integrity in 1924 , and they push with no less urgency at the coherence of contemporary accounts of embodiment ...
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... psychoanalysis , the phenomenon of hysteria — the corporeal revelation of psychic and cultural conflict — retains its hold on our political and critical imagination . However , it is not just hysteria in general that has been of ...
... psychoanalysis , the phenomenon of hysteria — the corporeal revelation of psychic and cultural conflict — retains its hold on our political and critical imagination . However , it is not just hysteria in general that has been of ...
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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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