Mapping the cerebral subject in contemporary culture - DOI: 10.3395/reciis.v1i2.90en

• Main Authors: Francisco Ortega (Author), Fernando Vidal (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (Icict) da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The research reported here aims at mapping the "cerebral subject" in contemporary society. The term "cerebral subject" refers to an anthropological figure that embodies the belief that human beings are essentially reducible to their brains. Our focus is on the discourses, images...