The Mimetic Brain (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
242
Utgivningsdatum
2016-01-01
Förlag
Michigan State University Press
Översättare
Trevor Cribben Merrill
Dimensioner
226 x 152 x 20 mm
Vikt
613 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781611861891

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The Mimetic Brain (häftad)

The Mimetic Brain

av Jean-Michel Oughourlian
Häftad Engelska, 2016-01-01
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The discovery of mirror neurons in the 1990s led to an explosion of research and debate about the imitative capacities of the human brain. Some herald a paradigm shift on the order of DNA in biology, while others remain skeptical. In this revolutionary volume, Jean- Michel Oughourlian shows how the hypotheses of Rene Girard can be combined with the insights of neuroscientists to shed new light on the "mimetic brain". Offering up clinical studies and a complete reevaluation of classical psychiatry, Oughourlian explores the interaction among reason, emotions, and imitation and reveals that rivalry - the blind spot in contemporary neuroscientific understandings of imitation - is a misunderstood driving force behind mental illness. Oughourlian's analyses shake the very foundations of psychiatry as we know it and open up new avenues for both theoretical research and clinical practice.
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Jean-Michel Oughourlian is Professor of Clinical Psychopathology at the University of Paris.