Neuroscience and subjectivity

Abstract

The author reflects on the notions of neuroscience and subjectivity. He cites three sample scenarios that illustrate the emergence of a cultural climate within neural tropes, brain imaginaries and established facts are mobilised to inform social policy, legitimate clinical interventions and revise existing thoughts and practice such as the stories offered by author psychiatrist Norman Doidge drawn upon the science of neuroplasticity and the argument of the book "Proust Was a Neuroscientist" regarding neuroscientific discoveries.