Jung once mused that “if there is any analogy between psychic and physiological processes, the organizing system of the brain must lie subcortically on the brain stem…(and) might somehow reflect characteristics of the archetypal form of unconscious.” Recent social neuroscience has done much to link psychology with neuroscience. Drawing on his new book The Politics Brain, Professor Matt Qvortrup will outline recent research and show how philosophy and neuroscience come together. Recalling especially Plato’s psychology, and Kant’s concept of ‘Unsocial Sociability’ he will outline how we are neurologically hard-wired to listen and learn by discussion, but how we also have a part of the brain that threatens to disrupt sociability. He will provide examples from politics, including the US election.
The Political Brain
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Matt Qvortrup
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