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What are we exactly, when we are said to be our brain? This question leads Jan De Vos to examine the different metamorphoses of the brain: the educated brain, the material brain, the iconographic brain, the sexual brain, the celebrated brain and, finally, the political brain. This first book-length argument on neurologisation, which lays bare its lineage with psychologisation, should be taken seriously by psychologists, educationalists, sociologists, students of cultural studies, policy makers and, above all, neuroscientists themselves.

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-50557-6

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Introduction

De Vos Jan

1-12

The educated brain

De Vos Jan

13-51

The material brain

De Vos Jan

53-90

The iconographic brain

De Vos Jan

91-128

The sexual brain

De Vos Jan

129-167

The celebrated brain

De Vos Jan

169-201

The political brain

De Vos Jan

203-241