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Carol . Ed(S): Gigliotti - Leonardo's Choice - 9789048124787 - V9789048124787
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Leonardo's Choice

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Description for Leonardo's Choice Hardback. This book of twelve essays and one dialogue focuses on the effect the use of animals in biotechnology is having on humans and other species. Perspectives include philosophy, cultural theory, art, environmental studies, law, landscape architecture and more. Editor(s): Gigliotti, Carol. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HPQ; PDA; TCBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.

Leonardo’s Choice: Genetic Technologies and Animals is an edited collection of twelve essays and one dialogue focusing on the profound affect the use of animals in biotechnology is having on both humans and other species. Communicating crucial understandings of the integrated nature of the human and non-human world, these essays, unlike the majority of discussions of biotechnology, take seriously the impact of these technologies on animals themselves. This collection’s central questions revolve around the disassociation Western ideas of creative freedom have from the impacts those ideas and practices have on the non-human world.

This transdisciplinary collection includes perspectives from the disciplines ... Read more

Included essays contribute significantly to a growing scholarship surrounding “the question of the animal” emanating from philosophical, cultural and activist discourses. Its authors are at the forefront of the growing number of theorists and practitioners across the disciplines concerned with the impact of new technologies on the more-than-human world.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048124787
SKU
V9789048124787
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

Reviews for Leonardo's Choice
From the reviews: “Both a wide-ranging discussion of animals and biotechnology in science and culture, and a bracing call to action regarding animal exploitation, Leonardo’s Choice intervenes thoughtfully, yet forcefully, in one of the most pressing issues of our time.” —(Cary Wolfe, Bruce and Elizabeth Dunlevie Professor of English, Rice University, author of Animal Rites (Chicago, 2003) and What ... Read more

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