LEADER 03185nam 2200457 450 001 9910794344903321 005 20211105164413.0 010 $a0-2280-0444-6 010 $a0-2280-0443-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9780228004431 035 $a(CKB)4100000011402582 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6317220 035 $a(DE-B1597)656533 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780228004431 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011402582 100 $a20210114e20202018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe mechanics of passions $ebrain, behaviour, and society /$fAlain Ehrenberg ; translated by Craig Lund 210 1$aMontreal :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d2020. 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (301 pages) 311 $a0-2280-0342-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction: The New Science of Human Behaviour -- $tExemplary Brains -- $tScientific Method and Individualist Ideals -- $tThe Brain-as-Individual -- $tSocial Neuroscience, or How the Individual Acts with Others -- $tExercises in Autonomy -- $tIs It My Ideas or My Brain That Is Making Me Sick? -- $tThe Brain's Place -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aCognitive neuroscience, once a specialized area of psychology and biology, has enjoyed increased worldwide legitimacy in the last thirty years not only in psychiatry and mental health, but also in fields as diverse as education, economics, marketing, and law. How can this surge in popularity be explained? Has the new science of human behaviour now become the barometer of our conduct and our lives, taking the place previously occupied by psychoanalysis? Rather than asking if neuronal man will replace social man or how to surmount the opposition between the biological and the social, The Mechanics of Passions uncovers hidden relationships between global social ideals and specialized concepts of neuroscience and cognitive science. Proposing a historical sociology situated in the dual contexts of the history of sciences and the history of self-representation, Alain Ehrenberg describes the conditions through which cognitive neuroscience has developed and acquired a strong moral authority in our individualistic society permeated by ideas, values, and norms of autonomy. Cognitive neuroscience offers the promise of turning personal limitations into assets by exploring an individual's "hidden potential." The Mechanics of Passions identifies this as the echo of social ideals of autonomy, affirming that the moral authority of cognitive neuroscience stems as much from cultural norms as from any results of scientific or medical experimentation. 606 $aCognitive neuroscience 615 0$aCognitive neuroscience. 676 $a612.8233 700 $aEhrenberg$b Alain$0241908 702 $aLund$b Craig 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794344903321 996 $aThe mechanics of passions$93750779 997 $aUNINA