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The death and the resurrection of (psy)critique: the case of neuroeducation

De Vos, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9659-504X 2016. The death and the resurrection of (psy)critique: the case of neuroeducation. Foundations of Science 21 , pp. 129-145. 10.1007/s10699-014-9369-8

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Abstract

A rapidly emerging hegemonic neuro-culture and a booming neural subjectivity signal the entry point for an inquiry into the status of the signifier neuro as a universal passe-partout. The wager of this paper is that the various (mis)appropriations of the neurosciences in the media and in academia itself point to something essential, if not structural, in connection with both the discipline of the neurosciences and the current socio-cultural and ideological climate. Starting from the case of neuroeducation (the application of neuroscience within education), the genealogy of the neurological turn is linked to the history of psychology and its inextricable bond with processes of psychologisation. If the neurological turn risks not merely neglecting the dimension of critique, but also obviating its possibility, then revivifying a psy-critique (understanding the academified modern subject as grounded in the scientific point of view from nowhere) might be necessary in order to understand today’s neural subjectivity and its place within current biopolitics.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Publisher: Springer Verlag
ISSN: 1233-1821
Last Modified: 07 Nov 2022 10:23
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/132088

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