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... of phantasy (and its relation to infancy and physiology). The centrality of the gut (particularly the stomach/belly) for the emergence of mind in Klein’s work is used to argue for the psychic nature of the organic interior. This chapter makes the case that feminist theory could be more directly engaged...

... The introduction outlines the two key strands of argument in the book: first, the claim that biological data about depression can be used in feminist theories about minded and bodily states; second, the claim that hostility is intrinsic to feminist politics. It previews the kinds of conceptual...

... is intending or feeling. A grave example of racism and police violence is used to underscore the need to address theory of mind failures and their relation to material-semiotic processes, and to insist that embodiment is not inherently unifying. mirror neurons theory of mind empathy affect theory...

... Chapter 2 examines the resonance between feminism and naturalized (and neuro-) philosophy in theories of the embodied mind. Both literatures challenge dominant accounts of neurocognition as disembodied and abstract, and draw from pragmatist and phenomenological ideas of engaged, practical...

... This chapter builds an alternative theory of anatomy, via the clinical psychoanalytic work of Sándor Ferenczi, that might be helpful for feminist theorizing about the mind and body. The first part of the chapter follows Ferenczi’s hypothesis about the psychological character of the anatomical...

... are canvassed via Melanie Klein’s theory of phantasy (and its relation to infancy and physiology). The centrality of the gut (particularly the stomach/belly) for the emergence of mind in Klein’s work is used to argue for the psychic nature of the organic interior. This chapter makes the case that feminist...

... After an initial, admiring discussion of Ghosh’s development of a subtle, complex, and capacious theory of poetry in his chapter 3, Miller asserts that what is most striking about Western theories of poetry is their diversity and their rootedness in changing historical contexts. He then goes...

... and religion in the early nineteenth century. It then turns to fascinating moments in The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831) and Martin Delany’s Blake; or the Huts of America (1859), where rationalist theories of mind come to the fore. It considers how black women’s antebellum manuscript cultures challenge...

... The materialization of the mind and the rise of a plastic, social conception of the brain have rendered neuroscience relevant to understanding the self and society. This chapter situates brain knowledge in the context of a materialist turn in social thought. It argues that the social, plastic...

... In this chapter Jankélévitch claims that for Bergson there are, in theory, two kinds of simplicity. On the one hand, multiplication and combination of elementary and abstract simplicity yields complication. On the other hand, concrete and immediately given simplicity is intrinsically complex. He...

... scientific method that connected the psyche to the galaxy. Earth, mind, and cosmos were structured by polyphonic rhythms and cycles. Geopoetics was not poetry about rocks. This chapter explores how Umbgrove developed geopoetics not only on Javanese volcanoes but also in conversation with orientalists...

... and reclamation. The story of the poem always ends with a beginning. rasa suggestion metaphor play After an initial, admiring discussion of Ghosh’s development of a subtle, complex, and capacious theory of poetry in his chapter 3, Miller asserts that what is most striking about Western theories...

... This chapter argues that the view of art making and art appreciation that bell hooks develops in Art on My Mind is connected to the notion of an “ethics of love” that she develops in other writings through the concept of social aesthetics, and that her view of art making in many respects...

... After an introductory dialogue with Ranjan Ghosh’s chapter 1, Miller asks: “Does literature matter today?” With this question in mind, the essay, with frequent references to Ghosh’s assertions, tells the story of Miller’s life-long love of literature and puzzlement by it when he shifted...

... in science and religion in the early nineteenth century. It then turns to fascinating moments in The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831) and Martin Delany’s Blake; or the Huts of America (1859), where rationalist theories of mind come to the fore. It considers how black women’s antebellum manuscript...

... Nancy Rose Hunt, “Lorry Dreams and Slave Ship Disintegrations: Motion, Madness, and Incongruent Planes in History”: Motion and immobility may converge around transport conveyances in states and textures of mind and madness. This chapter juxtaposes 1950s Gold Coast lorries and commercial shrines...