Paul Cefalu

Tragic Cognition in Shakespeare's Othello (eBook, ePUB)

Beyond the Neural Sublime

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Paul Cefalu argues that Shakespearean characters raise timely questions about the relationship between cognition and consciousness and often defy our assumptions about "normal" cognition. The book will appeal to scholars and students interested in both the virtues
and limitations of cognitive literary criticism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472521927
• Artikelnr.: 42503936

Autorenporträt

Paul Cefalu is Associate Professor of English at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: What Is It Like to Be Iago: Cognition and the Explanatory Gap
Chapter One: The Limits of Mind-reading, or How Iago Gives the Lie to
Cognition I Chapter Two: From CBT/Stoicism to Psychoanalysis and Masochism
Chapter Three: The Limits of Situated Thinking, or How Iago Gives the Lie
to Cognition II Chapter Four: Tragic Catharsis: Escaping the Neural Sublime
Chapter Five: From Mindblindness to Extended Mind: The Othello Problem