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The Narratives of Neuroscience in Fiction as Propaganda Warfare

The Narratives of Neuroscience in Fiction as Propaganda Warfare

Kenneth James Boyte
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 37
ISBN13: 9781799817345|ISBN10: 1799817342|EISBN13: 9781799817369
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1734-5.ch003
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Boyte, Kenneth James. "The Narratives of Neuroscience in Fiction as Propaganda Warfare." Political Propaganda, Advertising, and Public Relations: Emerging Research and Opportunities, edited by Samet Kavoğlu and Meryem Salar, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 52-88. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1734-5.ch003

APA

Boyte, K. J. (2020). The Narratives of Neuroscience in Fiction as Propaganda Warfare. In S. Kavoğlu & M. Salar (Eds.), Political Propaganda, Advertising, and Public Relations: Emerging Research and Opportunities (pp. 52-88). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1734-5.ch003

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Boyte, Kenneth James. "The Narratives of Neuroscience in Fiction as Propaganda Warfare." In Political Propaganda, Advertising, and Public Relations: Emerging Research and Opportunities, edited by Samet Kavoğlu and Meryem Salar, 52-88. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1734-5.ch003

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Abstract

Raising questions about ethics, transhumanism, national security, and the spread of Nazi science internationally following World War II, this qualitative study considers the possibility that the narratives of the biologically based study of the mind known as neuroscience in fiction—conceptualized as a medium of propaganda warfare embedded with socio-political and religious assumptions—have functioned to veil the development and promote the normalization and social acceptance of neuroscience since the dawn of the Scientific Revolution. With a focus on the intertwined relationship between the literary genre and technological innovations in the contest of “killer robots,” “ray guns,” “Skynet,” and now “brain implants,” this chapter examines how the narratives of an internet-connected-and-neural-electrode-dominated future world driven by artificial intelligence has inspired billionaire investors in Silicon Valley to bring to market the neurotechnology that potentially could enslave and wipe out the human race.

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