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The Sciences of The Soul
"The Sciences of the Soul" is the first attempt to explain the development of the disciplinary conception of psychology from its appearance in the late sixteenth century to its redefinition at the end of the seventeenth and its emergence as an institutionalized field in the eighteenth. Fernando Vid... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Endangerment, Biodiversity and Culture (Routledge Environmental Humanities)
by Fernando Vidal • Nélia DiasThe notion of Endangerment stands at the heart of a network of concepts, values and practices dealing with objects and beings considered threatened by extinction, and with the procedures aimed at preserving them. Usually animated by a sense of urgency and citizenship, identifying endangered entities... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Being Brains: Making the Cerebral Subject (Forms Of Living Ser.)
Being Brains offers a critical exploration of one of the most influential and pervasive contemporary beliefs: “We are our brains.” Starting in the “Decade of the Brain” of the 1990s, “neurocentrism” became widespread in most Western and many non-Western societies. Formidable advances, especially in ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Political Representation and Gender Equality in Mexico
The field of gender and politics has continuously grown, becoming more interdisciplinary and engaging with issues, context and people from all around the world. Because of this, new emerging approaches and studies challenge embedded notions, ideas and preconceptions of how the world is meant to be s... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022