Article ID: CBB000953787

Neuroscience, Power and Culture: An Introduction (2010)

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In line with their vast expansion over the last few decades, the brain sciences --- including neurobiology, psychopharmacology, biological psychiatry, and brain imaging --- are becoming increasingly prominent in a variety of cultural formations, from self-help guides and the arts to advertising and public health programmes. This article, which introduces the special issue of History of the Human Science on `Neuroscience, Power and Culture', considers the ways that social and historical research can, through empirical investigations grounded in the observation of what is actually happening and has already happened in the sciences of mind and brain, complement speculative discussions of the possible social implications of neuroscience that now appear regularly in the media and in philosophical bioethics. It suggests that the neurosciences are best understood in terms of their lineage within the `psy'-disciplines, and that, accordingly, our analyses of them will be strengthened by drawing on existing literatures on the history and politics of psychology --- particularly those that analyze formations of knowledge, power and subjectivity associated with the discipline and its practical applications. Additionally, it argues against taking today's neuroscientific facts and brain-targetting technologies as starting points for analysis, and for greater recognition of the ways that these are shaped by historical, cultural and political-economic forces.

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Article Brenninkmeijer, Jonna (2010) Taking Care of One's Brain: How Manipulating the Brain Changes People's Selves. History of the Human Sciences (pp. 107-126). unapi

Article Abi-Rached, Joelle M.; Rose, Nikolas (2010) The Birth of the Neuromolecular Gaze. History of the Human Sciences (pp. 11-36). unapi

Article Langlitz, Nicolas (2010) The Persistence of the Subjective in Neuropsychopharmacology: Observations of Contemporary Hallucinogen Research. History of the Human Sciences (pp. 37-57). unapi

Article McGoey, Linsey (2010) Profitable Failure: Antidepressant Drugs and the Triumph of Flawed Experiments. History of the Human Sciences (pp. 58-78). unapi

Article Rose, Nikolas (2010) “Screen and Intervene”: Governing Risky Brains. History of the Human Sciences (pp. 79-105). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Della Rocca, Mattia
Pogliano, Claudio
Robinson, Mark Dennis
O’Connor, Cliodhna
Casini, Silvia
Joffe, Helene
Concepts
Neurosciences
Science and culture
Science and society
Brain
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Psychology
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
20th century, early
Modern
Places
Germany
United States
Russia
Berlin (Germany)
Paris (France)
Great Britain
Institutions
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)
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