Politics of Life Itself Biomedicine, Power, and Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century

Name: Politics of Life Itself Biomedicine, Power, and Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century
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ISBN: 9780691121918

ISBN-10: 0691121915

ISBN-13: 9780691121918

Edition: 2007 (Annotated)

Authors: Nikolas Rose

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For centuries, medicine aimed to treat abnormalities. But today normality itself is open to medical modification. Equipped with a new molecular understanding of bodies and minds, and new techniques for manipulating basic life processes at the level of molecules, cells, and genes, medicine now seeks to manage human vital processes.The Politics of Life Itselfoffers a much-needed examination of recent developments in the life sciences and biomedicine that have led to the widespread politicization of medicine, human life, and biotechnology. Avoiding the hype of popular science and the pessimism of most social science, Nikolas Rose analyzes contemporary molecular biopolitics, examining…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 11/19/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.17" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Acknowledgments


List of Acronyms


Introduction



Biopolitics in the Twenty-First Century



Politics and Life



An Emergent Form of Life?



At Genetic Risk



Biological Citizens



Race in the Age of Genomic Medicine



Neurochemical Selves



The Biology of Control


Afterword: Somatic Ethics and the Spirit of Biocapital


Notes


Bibliography


Index