Roger Bartra

Anthropology of the Brain (eBook, PDF)

Consciousness, Culture, and Free Will

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In this unique exploration of the mysteries of the human brain, Roger Bartra shows that consciousness is a phenomenon that occurs not only in the mind but also in an external network, a symbolic system. He argues that the symbolic systems created by humans in art, language, in cooking or in dress, are the key to understanding human consciousness. Placing culture at the centre of his analysis, Bartra brings together findings from anthropology and cognitive science and offers an original vision of the continuity between the brain and its symbolic environment. The book is essential reading for neurologists, cognitive scientists and anthropologists alike.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139950664
• Artikelnr.: 41327624

Autorenporträt

Roger Bartra is Professor Emeritus at the University of Mexico (UNAM) and an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Consciousness and Symbolic Systems: 1. The hypothesis
2. Evolution of the brain
3. Brain plasticity
4. Is there an internal language?
5. Amputations and supputations
6. The atrophied exocerebrum
7. The symbolic substitution system
8. Neuronal mirrors
9. Consciousness within hand's reach
10. Outside and inside: the immense blue
11. The musical spheres of consciousness
12. Artificial memory
13. The lost soul
Part II. Brain and Free Will: 14. The hands of Orlac
15. Does free will exist?
16. An experiment with freedom
17. The moral brain
18. Unchained reasons
19. Freedom in play
20. External symbols
21. Final reflections.