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Changing Life: Genomes, Ecologies, Bodies, Commodities
. Ed(S): Taylor, Peter J.; Halfon, Saul E.; Edwards, Paul N.
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paperback. Editor(s): Taylor, Peter J.; Halfon, Saul E.; Edwards, Paul N. Series: Cultural Politics S. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PDR; PS; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
A fascinating look at how the culture of today’s life sciences affects our culture.
In laboratories all over the world, life—even the idea of life—is changing. And with these changes, whether they result in square tomatoes or cyborgs, come transformations in our social order-sometimes welcome, sometimes troubling, depending on where we stand. Changing Life offers a close look at how the mutable forms and concepts of life link the processes of science to those of information, finance, and commodities.
The contributors, drawn from disciplines within science and technology studies and from geography, ecology, and developmental biology, provide a range of interpretive angles ... Read moreChanging Life argues that we cannot understand the power of the life sciences in modern society without exploring the intersections of science and technology with other cultural realms. To that end, this book represents a collective attempt to join the insights of science and technology studies and cultural studies. As a work of cultural politics, it makes a contribution to changing life in a context of changing social order. Contributors: Simon Cole, Cornell U; Scott Gilbert, Swarthmore College; Herbert Gottweis, U of Salzburg; Yrjö Haila, U of Tampere, Finland; Rosaleen Love, Victoria U of Technology, Melbourne, Australia; and Richard A. Schroeder, Rutgers. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
240
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New
Series
Cultural Politics S.
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816630134
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V9780816630134
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About . Ed(S): Taylor, Peter J.; Halfon, Saul E.; Edwards, Paul N.
Peter J. Taylor is Eugene Lang Professor of Social Change at Swarthmore College. Saul E. Halfon is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University. Paul N. Edwards is acting assistant professor in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at Stanford University.
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