Author: Johann Gaspar SpurzheimPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
A View of the Philosophical Principles of Phrenology
Author: Johann Gaspar SpurzheimPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Phrenology: Philosophical part
Author: Johann Gaspar SpurzheimPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Phrenology ... Vol. II. Philosophical part. Fifth American edition, greatly improved by the author, from the third London edition
Author: Johann Caspar SPURZHEIMPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Phrenological Journal and Miscellany
Author: Essays on Phrenology, or an Inquiry into the principles and utility of the system of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim, and into the objections made against it. [With a plate.]
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Author: George COMBE (Phrenologist.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal
Author: New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register
Author: The New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register
Author: The Criminal Brain, Second Edition
Author: Nicole RafterPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479894699
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
A lively, up-to-date overview of the newest research in biosocial criminology What is the relationship between criminality and biology? Nineteenth-century phrenologists insisted that criminality was innate, inherent in the offender’s brain matter. While they were eventually repudiated as pseudo-scientists, today the pendulum has swung back. Both criminologists and biologists have begun to speak of a tantalizing but disturbing possibility: that criminality may be inherited as a set of genetic deficits that place one at risk to commit theft, violence, or acts of sexual deviance. But what do these new theories really assert? Are they as dangerous as their forerunners, which the Nazis and other eugenicists used to sterilize, incarcerate, and even execute thousands of supposed “born” criminals? How can we prepare for a future in which leaders may propose crime-control programs based on biology? In this second edition of The Criminal Brain, Nicole Rafter, Chad Posick, and Michael Rocque describe early biological theories of crime and provide a lively, up-to-date overview of the newest research in biosocial criminology. New chapters introduce the theories of the latter part of the 20th century; apply and critically assess current biosocial and evolutionary theories, the developments in neuro-imaging, and recent progressions in fields such as epigenetics; and finally, provide a vision for the future of criminology and crime policy from a biosocial perspective. The book is a careful, critical examination of each research approach and conclusion. Both compiling and analyzing the body of scholarship devoted to understanding the criminal brain, this volume serves as a condensed, accessible, and contemporary exploration of biological theories of crime and their everyday relevance.
The New Phrenology
Author: William R. UttalPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262710102
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
William Uttal is concerned that in an effort to prove itself a hard science, psychology may have thrown away one of its most important methodological tools—a critical analysis of the fundamental assumptions that underlie day-to-day empirical research. In this book Uttal addresses the question of localization: whether psychological processes can be defined and isolated in a way that permits them to be associated with particular brain regions. New, noninvasive imaging technologies allow us to observe the brain while it is actively engaged in mental activities. Uttal cautions, however, that the excitement of these new research tools can lead to a neuroreductionist wild goose chase. With more and more cognitive neuroscientific data forthcoming, it becomes critical to question their limitations as well as their potential. Uttal reviews the history of localization theory, presents the difficulties of defining cognitive processes, and examines the conceptual and technical difficulties that should make us cautious about falling victim to what may be a "neo-phrenological" fad.