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Title: PSYCHOSOMATIC
FEMINISM AND THE NEUROLOGICAL BODY
By: Elizabeth A. Wilson
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0822333651
ISBN 13: 9780822333654
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Publisher: DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 16 June, 2004
Pages: 136
Description: Explores the ways in neuroscientific research bears on the relation between psyche and the body.
Synopsis: How can scientific theories contribute to contemporary accounts of embodiment in the humanities and social sciences? In particular, how does neuroscientific research facilitate new approaches to theories of mind and body? Feminists have frequently criticized the neurosciences for biological reductionism, yet, Elizabeth A. Wilson argues, neurological theories-especially certain accounts of depression, sexuality, and emotion-are useful to feminist theories of the body. Rather than pointing toward the conventionalizing tendencies of the neurosciences, Wilson emphasizes their capacity for reinvention and transformation. Focusing on the details of neuronal connections, subcortical pathways, and reflex actions, she suggests that the central and peripheral nervous systems are powerfully allied with sexuality, the affects, emotional states, cognitive appetites, and other organs and bodies in ways not fully appreciated in the feminist literature. Whether reflecting on Simon LeVay's hypothesis about the brains of gay men, Peter Kramer's model of depression, or Charles Darwin's account of trembling and blushing, Wilson is able to show how the neurosciences can be used to reinvigorate feminist theories of the body.
Illustrations: 5 figures
Publication: US
Imprint: Duke University Press
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