Brain Art and Neuroscience: Neurosensuality and Affective Realism

ISBN-13: 9780367898182 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 208 str.

David Gruber

Opis

This book examines artistic representations of the brain after the rise of the contemporary neurosciences. Engaging with New Materialism and Affect Theory, it provides a current and concrete example of the on-going shift away from constructivist lenses.

Spis treści

Preface  Chapter 1. Ancient Histories of the Brain Concept  Chapter 2. Neuro-Sensuality and Brain Art  Chapter 3. Affective Realism and Brain Art  Chapter 4. Brain Art on the Ontological Stage  Conclusion. For the Love of the Momentary Brain

O autorze

David R. Gruber is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication at the University of Copenhagen. His research spans the rhetoric of science, body studies, and the public understanding of science. Much of his work focuses on the role of neuroscience in society and the reasons why brain findings can be so persuasive. He is co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Language and Science with Lynda Walsh and creator of the neuro-humanities website, Neurohuman.com.