Publicação: THE RISE OF BRAINHOOD AND ITS IMPLICATIONS TO EDUCATION
Carregando...
Data
Orientador
Coorientador
Pós-graduação
Curso de graduação
Título da Revista
ISSN da Revista
Título de Volume
Editor
State Univ Rio De Janeiro
Tipo
Artigo
Direito de acesso
Acesso restrito
Resumo
The goal of this paper is to comprehend the rise of discourses about brainhood and its eventual relation to contemporary biopolitics and the ways in which individuals conduct themselves once called to answer the competitive demands of job market, to invest in themselves, and become small entrepreneurs of themselves. Through the discourses on brainhood, it seems that the possibility to review and strength individuals capacities and skills is a certainty, so they become more productive and efficient. There is a clear relation between the ways in which brainhood is characterized and supported, and the investments on human capital. In a society structured by the logic of performance, it becomes clear that the processes of medicalization for brain efficiency aim at the increase of work performance and learning processes. It creates a kind of behavioral extra value and performance surplus. It is also based on this logic that it is stated that inefficient brains ought to be repaired. It seems reasonable to recognize that the findings in the field of cognitive neuroscience and the proliferation of discourses around these discoveries have produced a new type of emerging life, based on brain functioning.
Descrição
Palavras-chave
brainhood, education, human capital, biopolitics
Idioma
Português
Como citar
Childhood And Philosophy. Rio De Janeiro: State Univ Rio De Janeiro, v. 12, n. 24, p. 211-230, 2016.
