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020 _a9781137514745 (hardback)
050 0 0 _aTP248.13 B55
_b.B548 2015
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245 0 0 _aBiopolitics and utopia :
_ban interdisciplinary reader /
_cedited by Patricia Stapleton and Andrew Byers.
260 _aLondon
_bvandana shiva & ingunn moser
_c1995
300 _avi, 210 pages :
_bhbk
520 _a"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 _a"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 _aBiopolitics.
650 0 _aUtopias.
650 0 _aBiotechnology
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 7 _aPHILOSOPHY / Political.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.
700 1 _aStapleton, Patricia.
700 1 _aByers, Andrew.
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