Psychoanalyzing the Politics of the New Brain Sciences

• Main Author: Samuels, Robert (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2017.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Political theory.; Psychoanalysis.; Critical psychology.; Critical Psychology.; Economic Psychology.; Cultural Policy and Politics.; Political Theory.

This book argues that neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, and behavioral economics often function as a political ideology masquerading as a new science. In looking at works by Antonio Damasio, Steven Pinker, Richard Thaler, Cas Sunstein, and John Tooby, Robert Samuels undertakes a close reading o...