The politics of life itself biomedicine, power, and subjectivity in the twenty-first century
For centuries, medicine aimed to treat abnormalities. But today normality itself is open to medical modification. Equipped with a new molecular understanding of bodies and minds, and new techniques for manipulating basic life processes at the level of molecules, cells, and genes, medicine now seeks...
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Princeton University Press
2009
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- The politics of life itself : biomedicine, power, and subjectivity in the twenty-first century -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Biopolitics in the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 2: Politics and Life -- Chapter 3: An Emergent Form of Life? -- Chapter 4: At Genetic Risk -- Chapter 5: Biological Citizens -- Chapter 6: Race in the Age of Genomic Medicine -- Chapter 7: Neurochemical Selves -- Chapter 8: The Biology of Control -- Afterword: Somatic Ethics and the Spirit of Biocapital -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Front Matter Table of Contents Acknowledgments List of Acronyms Introduction Chapter 1: Biopolitics in the Twenty-First Century Chapter 2: Politics and Life Chapter 3: An Emergent Form of Life? Chapter 4: At Genetic Risk Chapter 5: Biological Citizens Chapter 6: Race in the Age of Genomic Medicine Chapter 7: Neurochemical Selves Chapter 8: The Biology of Control Afterword Notes Bibliography Index Back Matter
- Coverpage Frontpage, Copyright Contents Acknowledgments List of Acronyms Introduction Chapter 1. Biopolitics in the Twenty-First Century Chapter 2. Politics and Life Chapter 3. An Emergent Form of Life? Chapter 4. At Genetic Risk Chapter 5. Biological Citizens Chapter 6. Race in the Age of Genomic Medicine Chapter 7. Neurochemical Selves Chapter 8. The Biology of Control Afterword Somatic Ethics and the Spirit of Biocapital Notes Bibliography Index
- Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Biopolitics in the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 2 Politics and Life -- Chapter 3 An Emergent Form of Life? -- Chapter 4 At Genetic Risk -- Chapter 5 Biological Citizens -- Chapter 6 Race in the Age of Genomic Medicine -- Chapter 7 Neurochemical Selves -- Chapter 8 The Biology of Control -- Afterword Somatic Ethics and the Spirit of Biocapital -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
- Chapter 4. At Genetic Risk
- Chapter 7. Neurochemical Selves
- Index
- Chapter 6. Race in the Age of Genomic Medicine
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- Afterword. Somatic Ethics and the Spirit of Biocapital
- Contents
- Chapter 8. The Biology of Control
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Biopolitics in the Twenty-First Century
- Introduction
- Chapter 2. Politics and Life
- Frontmatter --
- Chapter 3. An Emergent Form of Life?
- Acronyms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Chapter 5. Biological Citizens