Biopolitics and utopia : an interdisciplinary reader /
Biopolitics and utopia : an interdisciplinary reader /
edited by Patricia Stapleton and Andrew Byers.
- London vandana shiva & ingunn moser 1995
- vi, 210 pages : hbk
"Biopolitics and Utopia explores the intersection of biopolitics and utopian thought. As an interdisciplinary work, it addresses many salient biopolitical issues (state and medical interventions in the body, fears over scientific progress, resistance to state biopower, and ethical concerns), while also engaging in the utopian drive behind biopolitical efforts. The book is structured into four main sections: Actions, Speculations, Reactions, and Reflections. The chapters in Actions examine the practices of direct, medical intervention to 'normalize' citizens' bodies. The next section, Speculations, approaches the intersection of utopia and biopolitics through a literary lens, reviewing science fiction texts as expressions of cultural and social fears about scientific progress. Reactions outlines potential acts of resistance in the face of biopower. Finally, Reflections offers a more philosophical essay, which engages the reader in the potential for creating an ethics for scientific standards "-- "This reader offers a fascinating exploration of the intersection of biopolitics and utopia by employing a range of theoretical approaches. Each essay provides a unique application of the two concepts to topics spanning the social sciences and humanities"--
9781137514745 (hardback)
Biopolitics.
Utopias.
Biotechnology--Moral and ethical aspects.
PHILOSOPHY / Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.
TP248.13 B55 / .B548 2015
321/.07
"Biopolitics and Utopia explores the intersection of biopolitics and utopian thought. As an interdisciplinary work, it addresses many salient biopolitical issues (state and medical interventions in the body, fears over scientific progress, resistance to state biopower, and ethical concerns), while also engaging in the utopian drive behind biopolitical efforts. The book is structured into four main sections: Actions, Speculations, Reactions, and Reflections. The chapters in Actions examine the practices of direct, medical intervention to 'normalize' citizens' bodies. The next section, Speculations, approaches the intersection of utopia and biopolitics through a literary lens, reviewing science fiction texts as expressions of cultural and social fears about scientific progress. Reactions outlines potential acts of resistance in the face of biopower. Finally, Reflections offers a more philosophical essay, which engages the reader in the potential for creating an ethics for scientific standards "-- "This reader offers a fascinating exploration of the intersection of biopolitics and utopia by employing a range of theoretical approaches. Each essay provides a unique application of the two concepts to topics spanning the social sciences and humanities"--
9781137514745 (hardback)
Biopolitics.
Utopias.
Biotechnology--Moral and ethical aspects.
PHILOSOPHY / Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.
TP248.13 B55 / .B548 2015
321/.07