Better than Well

Informationen zum Autor Carl Elliott is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Award, he is the author of Better Than Well and White Coat, Black Hat . He lives in Minnesota. Klappentext Americans have always been the world's most anxiously enthusiastic consumers of "enhancement technologies." Prozac, Viagra, and Botox injections are only the latest manifestations of a familiar pattern: enthusiastic adoption, public hand-wringing, an occasional congressional hearing, and calls for self-reliance. In a brilliant diagnosis of our reactions to self-improvement technologies, Carl Elliott asks questions that illuminate deep currents in the American character: Why do we feel uneasy about these drugs, procedures, and therapies even while we embrace them? Where do we draw the line between self and society? Why do we seek self-realization in ways so heavily influenced by cultural conformity? Zusammenfassung "Elliott's absorbing account will make readers think again about the ways that science shapes our personal identities."—American Scientist

Product details

• Authors: C. Eliott, Carl Elliott, Elliott Carl
• Assisted by: Kramer Peter D. (Introduction)
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.07.2004
• EAN: 9780393325652
• ISBN: 978-0-393-32565-2
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, MEDICAL / Ethics, United States of America, USA, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct