Know Thyself, Dissect Thyself: A Genealogy of Neuroscience’s Pastoral Power through Anatomical Dissection and Illustration
Coupling “know thyself” with anatomical illustrations produced a spatialized understanding of the self, providing preconditions for “brainhood,” the view that “we are our brains.” To picture oneself, whether in anatomical illustrations or neuroimaging, is to know thyself. This paper traces the histo...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2023
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Political theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 283-301 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Melanchthon, Philipp 1497-1560
/ Leonardo, da Vinci 1452-1519
/ Neurosciences
/ Self
/ Self-image
/ Anatomy
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RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CF Christianity and Science KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance NBE Anthropology ZD Psychology |
Further subjects: | B
linear perspective
B Neuroscience B Anatomical dissection B Philip Melanchthon B Andreas Vesalius B Leonardo da Vinci B pastoral power |
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