Changing Life - Genomes, Ecologies, Bodies, Commodities

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. 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.These essays -- about planetary management and genome sequencing, ecologies and cyborgs -- address actual and imagined transformations at the center and at the margins of transnational relations, during the post-Cold War era and in times to come.

Riassunto

In laboratories all over the world, life, even the idea of life, is changing - and with these changes, come transformations in our social order. This text offers a look at how the mutable forms and concepts of life link the processes of science to those of information, finance, and commodities.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Saul E. Halforn, Peter J. Taylor, Peter J. Halfon Taylor, TAYLOR PETER J HALFON SAUL E E
• Con la collaborazione di: Paul N. Edwards (Editore), Saul Halfon (Editore), Saul E. Halfon (Editore), Peter J. Taylor (Editore)
• Editore: University Of Minnesota Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.09.1997
• EAN: 9780816630134
• ISBN: 978-0-8166-3013-4
• Pagine: 240
• Serie: Cultural Politics; Studies in Classical Philology; Cultural Politics S.; Studies in Classical Philology; Cultural Politics
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali