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The Open Mind chronicles the development and promulgation of a scientific vision of the rational, creative, and autonomous self, demonstrating how this self became a defining feature of Cold War culture.

Table of Contents
Introduction The American Mind Chapter 1. Democratic Minds for a Complex Society Chapter 2. The Creative American The Academic Mind Chapter 3. Interdisciplinarity as a Virtue Chapter 4. The Academy as Model of America The Human Mind Chapter 5. Scientists as the Model of Human Nature Chapter 6. Instituting Cognitive Science Chapter 7. Cognitive Theory and the Making of Liberal Americans The Divided Mind Chapter 8. A Fractured Politics of Human Nature Conclusion. The History of the Open Mind Acknowledgments Notes References Index

The Open Mind Cold War Politics and the Sciences

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 21/01/2014
      ISBN13: 9780226092164, 978-0226092164
      ISBN10: 022609216X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Open Mind chronicles the development and promulgation of a scientific vision of the rational, creative, and autonomous self, demonstrating how this self became a defining feature of Cold War culture.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction The American Mind Chapter 1. Democratic Minds for a Complex Society Chapter 2. The Creative American The Academic Mind Chapter 3. Interdisciplinarity as a Virtue Chapter 4. The Academy as Model of America The Human Mind Chapter 5. Scientists as the Model of Human Nature Chapter 6. Instituting Cognitive Science Chapter 7. Cognitive Theory and the Making of Liberal Americans The Divided Mind Chapter 8. A Fractured Politics of Human Nature Conclusion. The History of the Open Mind Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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