Restivo Einstein’s Brain

Genius, Culture, and Social Networks
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-32918-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 163 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Psychology and Our Planet

This book reviews the research on Einstein’s brain from a sociological perspective and in the context of the social brain paradigm.  Instead of “Einstein, the genius of geniuses” standing on the shoulders of giants, Restivo proposes a concept of Einstein the social being standing on the shoulders of social networks. Rather than challenging Einstein’s uniqueness or the uniqueness of his achievements, the book grounds Einstein and his achievements in a social ecology opposed to the myths of the “I,” individualism, and the very idea of “genius.”  “Einstein” is defined by the particular configuration of social networks that he engaged as his life unfolded, not by biological inheritances.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Restivo, Sal

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.?“Einstein” as a Grammatical Illusion.- 2. The Social Self: Beyond the Myth of Individualism.- 3. Einstein’s Brain: A Conspiracy of Mythologies.- 4. Genius: Standing on the Shoulders of Social Networks.- 5. The Social Brain Paradigm.- 6. The Social Brain: Implications For Therapeutic And Preventive Protocols In Psychiatry.

Über Autor(innen)

Sal Restivo is a sociologist/anthropologist who has held professorships and endowed chairs at universities in the U.S., Europe, and China.  He is a former president of the Society for Social Studies of Science and author most recently of Sociology, Science, and the End of Philosophy: How Society Shapes Brains, Gods, Maths, and Logics (Palgrave, 2017). With Mario Incayawar and Jenelle Clarke.