Essentializing the binary self: Individualism and collectivism in cultural neuroscience

Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

Standard

Essentializing the binary self: Individualism and collectivism in cultural neuroscience. / Martínez Mateo, M.; Cabanis, M.; Stenmanns, Julian et al.
in: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Jahrgang 7, 289, 03.06.2013.

Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

Harvard

APA

Vancouver

Martínez Mateo M, Cabanis M, Stenmanns J, Krach S. Essentializing the binary self: Individualism and collectivism in cultural neuroscience. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2013 Jun 3;7:289. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00289

Bibtex

@article{5c0aa3eeeb8c4d17b64b410a4096b980,
title = "Essentializing the binary self: Individualism and collectivism in cultural neuroscience",
abstract = "Within the emerging field of cultural neuroscience (CN) one branch of research focuses on the neural underpinnings of “individualistic/Western” vs. “collectivistic/Eastern” self-views. These studies uncritically adopt essentialist assumptions from classic cross-cultural research, mainly following the tradition of Markus and Kitayama (1991), into the domain of functional neuroimaging. In this perspective article we analyze recent publications and conference proceedings of the 18th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (2012) and problematize the essentialist and simplistic understanding of “culture” in these studies. Further, we argue against the binary structure of the drawn “cultural” comparisons and their underlying Eurocentrism. Finally we scrutinize whether valuations within the constructed binarities bear the risk of constructing and reproducing a postcolonial, orientalist argumentation pattern.",
keywords = "Philosophy",
author = "{Mart{\'i}nez Mateo}, M. and M. Cabanis and Julian Stenmanns and S. Krach",
year = "2013",
month = jun,
day = "3",
doi = "10.3389/fnhum.2013.00289",
language = "English",
volume = "7",
journal = "Frontiers in Human Neuroscience",
issn = "1662-5161",
publisher = "Frontiers Media",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Essentializing the binary self

T2 - Individualism and collectivism in cultural neuroscience

AU - Martínez Mateo, M.

AU - Cabanis, M.

AU - Stenmanns, Julian

AU - Krach, S.

PY - 2013/6/3

Y1 - 2013/6/3

N2 - Within the emerging field of cultural neuroscience (CN) one branch of research focuses on the neural underpinnings of “individualistic/Western” vs. “collectivistic/Eastern” self-views. These studies uncritically adopt essentialist assumptions from classic cross-cultural research, mainly following the tradition of Markus and Kitayama (1991), into the domain of functional neuroimaging. In this perspective article we analyze recent publications and conference proceedings of the 18th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (2012) and problematize the essentialist and simplistic understanding of “culture” in these studies. Further, we argue against the binary structure of the drawn “cultural” comparisons and their underlying Eurocentrism. Finally we scrutinize whether valuations within the constructed binarities bear the risk of constructing and reproducing a postcolonial, orientalist argumentation pattern.

AB - Within the emerging field of cultural neuroscience (CN) one branch of research focuses on the neural underpinnings of “individualistic/Western” vs. “collectivistic/Eastern” self-views. These studies uncritically adopt essentialist assumptions from classic cross-cultural research, mainly following the tradition of Markus and Kitayama (1991), into the domain of functional neuroimaging. In this perspective article we analyze recent publications and conference proceedings of the 18th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (2012) and problematize the essentialist and simplistic understanding of “culture” in these studies. Further, we argue against the binary structure of the drawn “cultural” comparisons and their underlying Eurocentrism. Finally we scrutinize whether valuations within the constructed binarities bear the risk of constructing and reproducing a postcolonial, orientalist argumentation pattern.

KW - Philosophy

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84933677001&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00289

DO - 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00289

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:84933677001

VL - 7

JO - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

JF - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

SN - 1662-5161

M1 - 289

ER -

DOI

Zuletzt angesehen

Forschende

  1. Tim Wende