Motherhood, evolutionary psychology and mirror neurons or: ‘Grammar is politics by other means’


Autoria(s): Lesnik-Oberstein, Karin
Data(s)

01/08/2015

Resumo

Through a close analysis of socio-biologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy’s work on motherhood and ‘mirror neurons’ it is argued that Hrdy’s claims exemplify how research that ostensibly bases itself on neuroscience, including in literary studies ‘literary Darwinism’, relies after all not on scientific, but on political assumptions, namely on underlying, unquestioned claims about the autonomous, transparent, liberal agent of consumer capitalism. These underpinning assumptions, it is further argued, involve the suppression or overlooking of an alternative, prior tradition of feminist theory, including feminist science criticism.

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http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/37231/1/Motherhood%20and%20Evolutionary%20Psychology%20Feminist%20Theory%20FINAL%202014%20%281%29.pdf

Lesnik-Oberstein, K. <http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/view/creators/90001437.html> (2015) Motherhood, evolutionary psychology and mirror neurons or: ‘Grammar is politics by other means’. Feminist Theory, 16 (2). pp. 171-187. ISSN 1741-2773 doi: 10.1177/1464700115586514 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464700115586514>

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en

Publicador

SAGE

Relação

http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/37231/

creatorInternal Lesnik-Oberstein, Karin

10.1177/1464700115586514

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Article

PeerReviewed