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Political Biology: Science and Social Values in Human Heredity from Eugenics to Epigenetics
M. Meloni
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Description for Political Biology: Science and Social Values in Human Heredity from Eugenics to Epigenetics
Hardback. This book explores the socio-political implications of human heredity from the second half of the nineteenth century to the present postgenomic moment. It discusses eugenics, the modern synthesis, and epigenetics. Meloni argues that thanks to findings in epigenetics we may be witnessing a return to 'soft heredity'. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 black & white line drawings, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAK; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
This book explores the socio-political implications of human heredity from the second half of the nineteenth century to the present postgenomic moment. It addresses three main phases in the politicization of heredity: the peak of radical eugenics (1900-1945), characterized by an aggressive ethos of supporting the transformation of human society via biological knowledge; the repositioning, after 1945, of biological thinking into a liberal-democratic, human rights framework; and the present postgenomic crisis in which the genome can no longer be understood as insulated from environmental signals. In Political Biology, Maurizio Meloni argues that thanks to the ascendancy of epigenetics ... Read more
This book explores the socio-political implications of human heredity from the second half of the nineteenth century to the present postgenomic moment. It addresses three main phases in the politicization of heredity: the peak of radical eugenics (1900-1945), characterized by an aggressive ethos of supporting the transformation of human society via biological knowledge; the repositioning, after 1945, of biological thinking into a liberal-democratic, human rights framework; and the present postgenomic crisis in which the genome can no longer be understood as insulated from environmental signals. In Political Biology, Maurizio Meloni argues that thanks to the ascendancy of epigenetics ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137377715
SKU
V9781137377715
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About M. Meloni
Maurizio Meloni is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, UK. He is a social theorist working on the historical, conceptual, and political implications of the life sciences. He is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter, UK, and has held two EU Marie Curie Fellowships, a Fulbright scholarship, and an ... Read more
Reviews for Political Biology: Science and Social Values in Human Heredity from Eugenics to Epigenetics
A fascinating social and political history of human heredity spanning over 150 years from Darwin to the present moment. ... it is certainly essential reading for students of history and politics of science, I would urge anyone who feels overwhelmed by the pervasiveness of modern biology and its medical imprint, and who wish to make sense of it, to at ... Read more