What is the website brnsoc. about?
brnsoc. links neuroscience to theory of society.
The website is made by Margreet Brandes, sociologist.
Actual on brnsoc. are Spinoza, Coornhert and Damasio. New the virtual Amsterdam Spinozawalk 'In love we flower' through 16 th and 17 th century Amsterdam. Alternative title 'Imagination comes to power'.
Links op deze website
brain has the lay-out of a 6-pages article. Pages 1 and 2 about braincircuits, chakra's, evolution, addictive substances, society and religion. Pages 3 and 4 charakter, emotions, genes, epigenesis, psychiatry, psychology and how to influence and change ones own brain. Pages 5 and 6 give references.
Sociology about 19 th century scientists: Hegel, Marx, Max Weber. And their relation to Spinoza.
Skip 'current', go directly to Spinoza. His 'Ethics' and 'Political Theological Treatise' do connect neuroscience and society. In the century before Spinoza multi-facetted Dutch D.V. Coornhert wrote an Ethics too. Also neurologist A. Damasio 'The self becomes aware' fits in.
By 'Archive' old website a link to 'addictivedrugs and drivesystems' treats the subject what scientific study of drugs can learn us about how the brain works. With summaries in Englisch, Dutch, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese.
Colour-guide
The colours of brnsoc. are based on the chakra-system. The colours of the three lower chakra's represent: red energy, eating; orange love, affective and social behaviour, sexuality; yellow 'fight' and 'flight'.