Brain Narratives: Science Fiction and the Post-Human

taught by Dr. Ben Woodard

Date: Monday 4th double period

Place:  BSS 149

Course description:

The cognitive sciences have drastically changed how human beings perceive their own capacity to think and understand the world. This transformation of the mind has affected not only the physical sciences but the humanities and social sciences as well. This course will examine various science fiction novels that not only engage with the neurosciences directly and speculatively but also address concepts such as brain-hood, the neuro-novel, neuro-divergence, normativity, madness, and rationality.