Inner Theatres of Good and Evil: The Mind's Staging of Gods, Angels and Devils - Softcover

Pizzato, Mark

 
9780786442607: Inner Theatres of Good and Evil: The Mind's Staging of Gods, Angels and Devils
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0786442603 ISBN 13: 9780786442607
Verlag: McFarland, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Among the most intriguing questions of neurology is how conceptions of good and evil arise in the human brain. In a world where we encounter god-like forces in nature, and try to transcend them, the development of a neural network dramatizing good against evil seems inevitable. This critical book explores the cosmic dimensions of the brain s inner theatre as revealed by neurology, cognitive science, evolutionary psychology, psychoanalysis, primatology and exemplary Western performances. In theatre, film, and television, supernatural figures express the brain s anatomical features as humans transform their natural environment into cosmic and theological spaces in order to grapple with their vulnerability in the world.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Mark Pizzato is a professor of theater and film at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. He has previously published four books and three plays.

Aus dem Klappentext

Among the most intriguing questions of neurology is how conceptions of good and evil arise in the human brain. In a world where we encounter god-like forces in nature, and try to transcend them, the development of a neural network dramatizing good against evil seems inevitable. This critical book explores the cosmic dimensions of the brain's inner theatre as revealed by neurology, cognitive science, evolutionary psychology, psychoanalysis, primatology and exemplary Western performances. In theatre, film, and television, supernatural figures express the brain's anatomical features as humans transform their natural environment into cosmic and theological spaces in order to grapple with their vulnerability in the world.

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Verlag
McFarland
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0786442603
ISBN 13 
9780786442607
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
370
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