Critical theory in critical times : transforming the global political and economic order / / edited by Penelope Deutscher and Cristina Lafont

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792895503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2017; ©2017
• ISBN: 0-231-18150-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 pages)
• Collana: New Directions in Critical Theory
• Classificazione: CI 1190
• Disciplina: 142
• Soggetti: Critical theory
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2017.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Critical Theory in Critical Times -- I. The Future of Democracy -- 1. An Exploration of the Meaning of Transnationalization of Democracy, Using the Example of the European Union -- II. Human Rights and Sovereignty -- 2. Democratic Sovereignty and Transnational Law -- 3. Human Rights, Sovereignty, and the Responsibility to Protect -- 4. A Critical Theory of Human Rights-Some Groundwork -- III. Political Rights in Neoliberal Times -- 5. Neoliberalism and the Economization of Rights -- 6. Law and Domination -- IV. Criticizing Capitalism -- 7. Behind Marx's Hidden Abode: For an Expanded Conception of Capitalism -- 8. A Wide Concept of Economy -- V. The End of Progress in Postcolonial Times -- 9. Adorno, Foucault, and the End of Progress -- 10. "Post-Foucault": The Critical Time of the Present -- 11. Criticizing Critical Theory -- Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: We live in critical times. We face a global crisis in economics and finance, a global ecological crisis, and a constant barrage of international disputes. Perhaps most dishearteningly, there seems to be little faith in our ability to address such difficult problems. However, there is also a more positive sense in which these are critical times. The world's current state of flux gives us a unique window of opportunity for shaping a new international order that will allow us to cope with current and future global crises.In Critical Theory in Critical Times, ; eleven of the most distinguished critical theorists offer new perspectives on recent crises and transformations of the global political and economic order. Essays from Jürgen Habermas, Seyla Benhabib, Cristina Lafont, Rainer Forst, Wendy Brown, Christoph Menke, Nancy Fraser, Rahel Jaeggi, Amy Allen, Penelope Deutscher, and Charles Mills address pressing issues including international human rights and democratic sovereignty, global neoliberalism, novel approaches to the critique of capitalism, critical theory's Eurocentric heritage, and new directions offered by critical race theory and postcolonial studies. Sharpening the conceptual tools of critical theory, the contributors to Critical Theory in Critical Times reveal new ways of expanding the diverse traditions of the Frankfurt School in response to some of the most urgent and important challenges of our times.

Behavioral Neurobiology of Stress-related Disorders / / edited by Carmine M. Pariante, M. Danet Lapiz-Bluhm

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910298328503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014
• ISBN: 3-662-45126-3
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2014.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Collana: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, , 1866-3370 ; ; 18
• Disciplina: 616.98
• Soggetti: Neurochemistry; Psychiatry; Neurobiology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Effects of stress on the immune system -- Effects of stress on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis -- Effects of stress on neurogenesis and neuroplasticity -- Effects of stress on neurotransmitter systems -- Effects of stress on neuropeptides (CRH, AVP) -- Effects of stress on cognition and emotional processing -- ; Effects of in utero (prenatal and perinatal) and early postnatal stress -- Stress and depression.- Stress and posttraumatic stress disorder -- Stress and other anxiety disorders -- Stress, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.- Stress, substance abuse and addiction -- Stress, dementia and age-related cognitive decline.- Resilience to stress. .
• Sommario/riassunto: Stress is such an over-used word that it is at time difficult to define its core features. When is an environment stressful? What does a stressful environment do to the brain and to the body? What are the biological mechanisms by which a stressor affects us? How does stress contributes to the onset and the progression of mental disorders? How do the effects of stress change over the life-time of an individual? These are just some of the overarching questions addressed by this book, thanks to the contribution of some of the world leading experts on the neurobiology of stress at the pre-clinical and clinical levels. Topics include current advances on the neurobiology of stress on various neurobiological systems such as immune, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity, neurotransmitter (glutamate, noradrenaline, dopamine, serotonin and endocannabinoid), neuropeptides, cognition and emotional processing as well as in utero and early postnatal effects. The clinical chapters deal with the relationship of stress and mental disorders such as depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, substance abuse and addiction, dementia and age-related cognitive decline as well as resilience to stress. Thus, this book brings together some of the most updated and authoritative views on the effects of stress of brain and behavior.