The mimetic brain

by Oughourlian, Jean-Michel

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Title Statements

Full title :The mimetic brain / Jean-Michel Oughourlian ; translated by Trevor Cribben Merrill.

Summary

« The discovery of mirror neurons in the 1990s led to an explosion of research and debate about the imitative capacities of the human brain. Some herald a paradigm shift on the order of DNA in biology, while others remain skeptical. In this revolutionary volume Jean- Michel Oughourlian shows how the hypotheses of René Girard can be combined with the insights of neuroscientists to shed new light on the "mimetic brain." Offering up clinical studies and a complete reevaluation of classical psychiatry, Oughourlian explores the interaction among reason, emotions, and imitation and reveals that rivalry-the blind spot in contemporary neuroscientific understandings of imitation-is a misunderstood driving force behind mental illness. Oughourlian's analyses shake the very foundations of psychiatry as we know it and open up new avenues for both theoretical research and clinical practice. »--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Michigan State University Press
Place of Publication:East Lansing
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016

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Description:1 ressource en ligne.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1609174763, 9781609174767
oclc:ocn973147809
LC Classification:QP360
Dewey Decimal:612.8/233

For a mimetic anthropology -- For a psychiatry of the three brains -- An essay in mimetic nosology -- The dialectic of the rational, emotional, and mimetic brains.

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Behavioral Disciplines and Activities behavioral sciences Biological Science Disciplines biological sciences Cognitive neuroscience Cognitive science Disciplines and Occupations e-books Life Sciences Livres numériques Natural Science Disciplines Neuropsychologie Neuropsychology Neurosciences cognitives physical sciences Physiologie Physiology Psychiatry and Psychology Psychologie Psychology