The neuropolitical habitus of resonant receptive democracy
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Coles, Romand. (2011). The neuropolitical habitus of resonant receptive democracy. Ethics & Global Politics. 4(4), pp. 273 - 293. https://doi.org/10.3402/egp.v4i4.14447
Authors | Coles, Romand |
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Abstract | In this paper, I argue that the recent work on mirror neurons illuminates the character of our capacities for a politics of resonant receptivity in ways that both help us to comprehend the damages of our contemporary order and suggest indispensable alternative ethical–strategic registers and possible directions for organising a powerful movement towards radical democracy. In doing so, neuroscience simultaneously contributes to our understanding of the possibility and importance of a more durable (less fugitive) radically democratic habitus. While the trope, ‘radically democratic habitus’, may seem oxymoronic in light of Bourdieu's extensive rendering of ‘habitus’, I suggest that research on mirror neurons discloses ways in which iterated practices and dispositional structures are crucial for democratic freedom. |
Year | 2011 |
Journal | Ethics & Global Politics |
Journal citation | 4 (4), pp. 273 - 293 |
ISSN | 1654-4951 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3402/egp.v4i4.14447 |
Page range | 273 - 293 |
Research Group | Institute for Social Justice |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
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