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Immunity: The Evolution of an Idea
Alfred I. Tauber
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Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HP; MJCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. .
Senior scholar Alfred Tauber argues in this bold account that common approaches to the study of immunology are inherently flawed in its strict dichotomy of the self and non-self, or external invaders. The relationship between what is self and what is non-self is in reality a complex, dymanic, relational one. Autonomous agents are constantly in the midst of dialectical exchanges in which immunity mediates both noxious and benign encounters. Namely: rather than serving to defend an independent entity, immunity participates in an eco-system. Contemporary transplantation biology and autoimmunity have demonstrated phenomena that upset rigid adherence to the self/non-self dichotomy. ... Read more
Senior scholar Alfred Tauber argues in this bold account that common approaches to the study of immunology are inherently flawed in its strict dichotomy of the self and non-self, or external invaders. The relationship between what is self and what is non-self is in reality a complex, dymanic, relational one. Autonomous agents are constantly in the midst of dialectical exchanges in which immunity mediates both noxious and benign encounters. Namely: rather than serving to defend an independent entity, immunity participates in an eco-system. Contemporary transplantation biology and autoimmunity have demonstrated phenomena that upset rigid adherence to the self/non-self dichotomy. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
324
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190651244
SKU
V9780190651244
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About Alfred I. Tauber
Alfred I. Tauber, is Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus and Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine, Emeritus at Boston University, where he served as Director of the Center for Philosophy and History of Science from 1993 to 2010. Author of The Immune Self (Cambridge 1994) and co-author of Metchnikoff and the Origins of Immunology (Oxford 1991) and the Generation of Diversity (Harvard ... Read more
Reviews for Immunity: The Evolution of an Idea
This book delves into the fascinations of immunity from a vantage point somewhere between biology and literature.
Andrea L. Graham, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, The Quarterly Review of Biology
no one can deny the unique pleasure to be gained in revisiting an old haunt or re-reading a favourite book. The latter is the type of pleasure ... Read more
Andrea L. Graham, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, The Quarterly Review of Biology
no one can deny the unique pleasure to be gained in revisiting an old haunt or re-reading a favourite book. The latter is the type of pleasure ... Read more