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Author: Nikolas Rose'"--Bruno Latour, Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, Paris "The Politics of Life Itself offers a compelling cartography of how practices in human genomics are transforming our social landscapes, ...
Author: Nikolas RoseThe Politics of Life Itself offers a much-needed examination of recent developments in the life sciences and biomedicine that have led to the widespread politicization of medicine, human life, and biotechnology.
Author: Roger EbertThis is a story that only Roger Ebert could tell, filled with the same deep insight, dry wit, and sharp observations that his readers have long cherished,
Author: Mirjam Grewe-SalfeldCovering a broad range of examples, this book explores practices and representations of biohacking in popular culture, discussing their ambiguous position between empowerment and requirement, promise and prescription.
Author: J. Scott TurnerMost people, when they contemplate the living world, conclude that it is a designed place. So it is jarring when biologists come along and say this is all wrong.
Author: Christof KochA thought-provoking argument that consciousness—more widespread than previously assumed—is the feeling of being alive, not a type of computation or a clever hack In The Feeling of Life Itself, Christof Koch offers a straightforward ...
Author: Nikolas S. RoseToday, our personal and emotional lives have become the object and target of psychologists, therapists and other professionals. This book examines the birth of these engineers of the human soul' and their influence upon our society.
Author: Melinda E. CooperLife as Surplus offers a clear assessment of both the transformative, therapeutic dimensions of the contemporary life sciences and the violence, obligation, and debt servitude crystallizing around the emerging bioeconomy.
Author: Sarah FranklinThis book contrasts `the natural′ and `the global′ as interpretive strategies, using approaches from feminist cultural theory.
Author: Thomas L. DummCombining poststructuralist analysis with a sympathetic reading of a strain of American thought that begins with Emerson and culminates in the work of Stanley Cavell, A Politics of the Ordinary investigates incidents from everyday life, ...