Blinded by Science: The Social Implications of Epigenetics and Neuroscience

ISBN-13: 9781447322344 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 304 str.

David Wastell; Susan White

Opis

There s no hotter area of science, at least as far as the general media and laypeople are concerned, than neuroscience every day we hear of dramatic, surprising discoveries that seem to have the potential to utterly change our understanding of how the mind works. This book offers the first thorough review of such claims and the new biological science behind them. It examines the actual and potential applications of neuroscience within social policy and the impact of neuroscientific discoveries on long-standing moral debates and professional practices throughout social work, mental health practice, and criminal justice."

Spis treści

Neuro-bio-social policy; PART I: GETTING TO GRIPS WITH THE THOUGHT STYLES; Biology and the drive for social improvement; Understanding how brain science is created and interpreted; Blaming the Brain; PART II: FIXING REAL PEOPLE; The Cat is Out of the Bag - From early intervention to child protection; Perfecting People: The Inexorable Rise of Prevention Science; Epigenetics - from rat mum to my mum?; Human Epigenetics Prematurely Born(e)?; Are We Broken? Fixing People (or Society) in the 21st Century.