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Rethinking Biomedicine and Governance in Africa
. Ed(S): Geissler, Paul Wenzel; Rottenburg, Richard; Zenker, Julia
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Paperback. "[B]ased on a workshop organised by the research group Law Organisation Science and Technology (LOST), and held at the Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany, in June 2009"--P. [7]. Editor(s): Geissler, Paul Wenzel; Rottenburg, Richard; Zenker, Julia. Series: Matterealities / Verkorperungen: Perspectives from Empirical Science Studies. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 b/w. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHMC; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
In the domain of health, the relation between bodies, citizenship, nations and governments has changed beyond recognition over the past four decades, especially in Africa. In many regions, populations are now faced with a total lack of medical care, and the disciplinary regimes of modernity are faint memories. In this situation, new critical insights beyond the critique of old »modernization« and the »disciplinary regimes« of imperial times are needed. How can we keep up our sophisticated criticism of knowledge regimes and our doubts with regard to narratives of development, when so many people in Africa are dreaming about modernity and ... Read more
In the domain of health, the relation between bodies, citizenship, nations and governments has changed beyond recognition over the past four decades, especially in Africa. In many regions, populations are now faced with a total lack of medical care, and the disciplinary regimes of modernity are faint memories. In this situation, new critical insights beyond the critique of old »modernization« and the »disciplinary regimes« of imperial times are needed. How can we keep up our sophisticated criticism of knowledge regimes and our doubts with regard to narratives of development, when so many people in Africa are dreaming about modernity and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Series
Matterealities / Verkorperungen: Perspectives from Empirical Science Studies
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837620283
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V9783837620283
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About . Ed(S): Geissler, Paul Wenzel; Rottenburg, Richard; Zenker, Julia
P. Wenzel Geißler teaches social anthropology at the University of Oslo. His research interests are medicine and natural science, especially in Africa, and the interaction between temporality and materiality. Richard Rottenburg (Prof. Dr.) holds a chair in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Halle (Germany). He is the director of the LOST Research Group at the Max Planck ... Read more
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