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The Assemblage Brain: Sense Making in Neuroculture

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Description for The Assemblage Brain: Sense Making in Neuroculture Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.

Once upon a time, neuroscience was born. A dazzling array of neurotechnologies emerged that, according to popular belief, have finally begun to unlock the secrets of the brain. But as the brain sciences now extend into all corners of cultural, social, political, and economic life, a yet newer world has taken shape: “neuroculture,” which goes further than ever before to tackle the profound ethical implications we face in consequence.

The Assemblage Brain unveils a major new concept of sense making, one that challenges conventional scientific and philosophical understandings of the brain. Drawing on Deleuze and Guattari, Tony D. Sampson calls for ... Read more

The Assemblage Brain unravels the conventional image of thought that underpins many scientific and philosophical accounts of how sense is produced, providing a new view of our current time in which capitalism and the neurosciences endeavor to colonize the brain. 

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Product Details

Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
318g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9781517901172
SKU
V9781517901172
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99-1

About Tony D. Sampson
Tony D. Sampson is reader in digital culture and communications at the University of East London. He is author of Virality: Contagion Theory in the Age of Networks (Minnesota, 2012).

Reviews for The Assemblage Brain: Sense Making in Neuroculture
"The Assemblage Brain provides a much-needed critique of the black-box, computational brain that has been a staple in philosophy, science, and the arts and connects the dots between recent innovations in science, dystopian literature, and theoretical developments in contemporary philosophy."—David Gunkel, author of The Machine Question: Critical Perspectives on AI, Robots and Ethics "‘Tap my head and mike ... Read more

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