On Willing Selves - Neoliberal Politics and the Challenge of Neuroscience (Hardcover)

Currently, the neurosciences challenge the concept of will to be scientifically untenable, specifying that it is our brain rather than our "self" that decides what we want to do. At the same time, we seem to be confronted with increasing possibilities and necessities of free choice in all areas of social life. Based on up-to-date (empirical) research in the social sciences and philosophy, the authors convened in this book address this seeming contradiction: By differentiating the physical, the psychic, and the social realm, the neuroscientific findings can be acknowledged within a comprehensive framework of selves in neoliberal societies.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2007
First published:	2007
Editors:	S. Maasen • B. Sutter
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	234
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-01343-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind
LSN:	0-230-01343-0
Barcode:	9780230013438

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