Critical Neuroscience A Handbook of the Social and Cultural Contexts of Neuroscience

Critical Neuroscience brings together multi-disciplinary scholars from around the world to explore key social, historical and philosophical studies of neuroscience, and to analyze the socio-cultural implications of recent advances in the field. Original, interdisciplinary approach explores the creative potential for engaging experimental neuroscience with social studies of neuroscience Furthers the dialogue between neuroscience and the disciplines of the social sciences and humanities Transcends traditional scepticism, introducing novel ideas about 'how to be critical' in and about science Features contributions from eminent scholars including Steven Rose, Joseph Dumit, Laurence Kirmayer, Shaun Gallagher, Fernando Vidal, Allan Young and Joan Chiao

Suparna Choudhury is Junior Professor at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and the Berlin School of Mind and Brain. Germany. Trained as a cognitive neuroscientist with interdisciplinary research experience, her current work examines the emergence of the 'neurological adolescent' and the relationship between neuroscience, culture and society. Jan Slaby is Junior Professor in Philosophy of Mind and Emotion at Freie Universitt Berlin, Germany. The author of a book exploring the world-disclosing nature of human emotions, he has also been involved in research and teaching on the philosophy of psychiatry, with a particular focus on affective disorders and background feelings.