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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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| Dans: |
Political theology
Année: 2023, Volume: 24, Numéro: 3, Pages: 283-301 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Melanchthon, Philipp 1497-1560
/ Leonardo, da Vinci 1452-1519
/ Neurosciences
/ Soi
/ Image de soi
/ Anatomie
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| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianisme et culture CF Christianisme et science KAG Réforme; humanisme; Renaissance NBE Anthropologie ZD Psychologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | 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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| Résumé: | 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 historical development of the conflation of self-image and self-knowledge. First, I explore the Renaissance development of linear perspective. Second, I look at how the soul becomes spatialized in psychology as a science of the soul and its relationship to anatomical dissection. Third, I investigate the innovation of anatomical illustration and how it intersects with Renaissance visual culture. Finally, I show how these varied developments manifest “know thyself” in anatomical illustrations and its significance for how we see ourselves. I conclude that, according to the ideology of the neuro, we still “know thyself” through pictures of the body, but with neuroimaging as the new anatomical illustration. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2021.2008112 |
