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  • Neuroscience and Critique

    Exploring the Limits of the Neurological Turn

    Edited by Jan De Vos, Ed Pluth ...
    Recent years have seen a rapid growth in neuroscientific research, and an expansion beyond basic research to incorporate elements of the arts, humanities and social sciences. It has been suggested that the neurosciences will bring about major transformations in the understanding of ourselves, our culture and our society. In academia one finds debates within psychology, philosophy and literature ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Digitalisation of (Inter)Subjectivity

    A Psy-critique of the Digital Death Drive

    by Jan De Vos ...
    This book explores the responsibility of psychological and neuropsychological perspectives in relation to the digitalisation of inter-subjectivity. It examines how integral their theories and models have been to the development of digital technologies, and by combining theoretical and critical work of leading thinkers, it is a new and highly original perspective on (inter)subjectivity in the ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Constructions of Neuroscience in Early Childhood Education

    by Michel Vandenbroeck, Jan De Vos, Wim Fias, Liselott Mariett Olsson, Helen Penn, Dave Wastell, Sue White ...
    Series series Contesting Early Childhood
    This book explores and critiques topical debates in educational sciences, philosophy, social work and cognitive neuroscience. It examines constructions of children, parents and the welfare state in relation to neurosciences and its vocabulary of brain architecture, critical periods and toxic stress.The authors provide insight into the historical roots of the relationship between early childhood ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Metamorphoses of the Brain – Neurologisation and its Discontents

    by Jan De Vos ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    What are we exactly, when we are said to be our brain? This question leads Jan De Vos to examine the different metamorphoses of the brain: the educated brain, the material brain, the iconographic brain, the sexual brain, the celebrated brain and, finally, the political brain. This first, protracted and sustained argument on neurologisation, which lays bare its lineage with psychologisation, should ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Psychologisation in Times of Globalisation

    by Jan De Vos ...
    Series series Concepts for Critical Psychology
    Today more than ever, our understanding of ourselves, others and the world around us is described in psychological terms. Psychologists deeply influence our society, and psychological-discourse has invaded companies, advertising, culture, politics, and even our social and family life. Moreover, psychologisation has become a global process, applied to situations such as torture, reality TV and ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience

    Edited by Gregg Caruso, Owen Flanagan ...
    Existentialisms arise when the foundations of being, such as meaning, morals, and purpose come under assault. In the first-wave of existentialism, writings typified by Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche concerned the increasingly apparent inability of religion, and religious tradition, to support a foundation of being. Second-wave existentialism, personified philosophically by Sartre, Camus, ... Read more

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  • Understanding Human Values

    by Milton Rokeach ...
    This volume presents theoretical, methodological, and empirical advances in understanding, and also in the effects of understanding, individual and societal values. ... Read more

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  • Vygotsky and Research

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    This book provides readers with an overview of the implications for research of the theoretical work which acknowledges a debt to the writings of L.S. Vygotsky. A concise introduction to Vygotsky’s original thesis and discussions on his approach to research methods is given; this is followed by an exploration of the research practices which have arisen in fields developed on the basis of his ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Equity, Teaching Practice and the Curriculum

    Exploring Differences in Access to Knowledge

    Edited by Ninni Wahlström ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Education
    This book explores how different classroom discourses and concepts of knowledge permeate teaching in high- and low-performance classrooms. Drawing on empirical research from classrooms in Sweden, it presents a theory-based framework for classroom research.The book examines the central concepts of knowledge, curriculum, pedagogy and equity to discuss differences in access to knowledge and the ... Read more

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  • A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology

    Edited by David B. Kronenfeld, Giovanni Bennardo, Victor C. de Munck, Michael D. Fischer ...
    Series series Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
    This new Companion traces the development of cognitive anthropology from its beginnings in the late 1950s to the present, and evaluates future directions of research in the field. In 29 contributions from leading anthropologists, there is an overview of cognitive and cultural structures, insights into how cognition works in everyday life and interacts with culture, and examples of contemporary ... Read more

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  • Psychology for Inclusive Education

    New Directions in Theory and Practice

    Edited by Peter Hick, Ruth Kershner, Peter Farrell ...
    What can psychology offer inclusive education? Traditionally, special education has looked to psychology for many of its theoretical resources and practical strategies. While those seeking to promote more inclusive education have tended to see psychology and psychologists as part of the problem by providing a rationale for segregation. However, in practice many psychologists today are developing ... Read more

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  • Worlds of Autism

    Across the Spectrum of Neurological Difference

    Edited by Joyce Davidson, Michael Orsini ...
    Since first being identified as a distinct psychiatric disorder in 1943, autism has been steeped in contestation and controversy. Present-day skirmishes over the potential causes of autism, how or even if it should be treated, and the place of Asperger’s syndrome on the autism spectrum are the subjects of intense debate in the research community, in the media, and among those with autism and their ... Read more

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