Biopolitics and utopia : (Record no. 26976)
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| fixed length control field | 02347cam a2200301 i 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 150224s2015 nyua 000 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781137514745 (hardback) |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Biopolitics and utopia : |
| Remainder of title | an interdisciplinary reader / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | edited by Patricia Stapleton and Andrew Byers. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London |
| Name of publisher | vandana shiva & ingunn moser |
| Date of publication | 1995 |
| 300 ## - COLLATION | |
| Pagination | vi, 210 pages : |
| Other physical details | hbk |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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 "-- |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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"-- |
| 650 #0 - TRACINGS | |
| Main Subject | Biopolitics. |
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| Main Subject | Utopias. |
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| Main Subject | Biotechnology |
| Subdivision (2nd) | Moral and ethical aspects. |
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| Main Subject | PHILOSOPHY / Political. |
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| Main Subject | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy. |
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| Main Subject | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General. |
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| Main Subject | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. |
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| Main Subject | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies. |
| 700 1# - ADDITIONAL AUTHOR | |
| Additional Author | Stapleton, Patricia. |
| 700 1# - ADDITIONAL AUTHOR | |
| Additional Author | Byers, Andrew. |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| URL | http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/745/9781137514745/image/lgcover.9781137514745.jpg |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Item type | Books |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | TP248.13 B55 |
| Item number | .B548 2015 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 321/.07 |
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