"The story Modern tells ranges from eighteenth-century brain anatomies to the MRI; from the spread of phrenological cabinets and mental pieties in the nineteenth century to the discovery of the motor cortex and the emergence of the brain wave as a measurable manifestation of cognition; from cyb...

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1. Verfasser:	Modern, John Lardas 1971- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Chicago ; London The University of Chicago Press 2021
Schriftenreihe:	Class 200: new studies in religion
Schlagworte:	Brain / Religious aspects Neurosciences / Religious aspects Cognitive neuroscience Neurosciences / History Religion and science Cerveau / Aspect religieux Neurosciences / Aspect religieux Neurosciences cognitives Neurosciences / Histoire Religion et sciences Neurosciences History
Zusammenfassung:	"The story Modern tells ranges from eighteenth-century brain anatomies to the MRI; from the spread of phrenological cabinets and mental pieties in the nineteenth century to the discovery of the motor cortex and the emergence of the brain wave as a measurable manifestation of cognition; from cybernetic research into neural networks and artificial intelligence to the founding of brain-centric religious organizations such as Scientology; from the deployments of cognitive paradigms in electric shock treatment to the work of Barbara Brown, a neurofeedback pioneer who promoted the practice of controlling one's own brainwaves in the 1970s. What Modern reveals via this grand tour is that our ostensibly secular turn to the brain is bound up at every turn with the 'religion' it discounts, ignores, or actively dismisses. Nowhere are science and religion closer than when they try to exclude each other, at their own peril"--
Beschreibung:	XV, 426 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:	9780226797182 022679718X 9780226799629 022679962X