The Politics of Life Itself
By:Nikolas Rose
Published on 2009-02-09 by Princeton University Press
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 Itself offers 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 developments in genomics, neuroscience, pharmacology, and psychopharmacology and the ways they have affected racial politics, crime control, and psychiatry. Rose analyzes the transformation of biomedicine from the practice of healing to the government of life; the new emphasis on treating disease susceptibilities rather than disease; the shift in our understanding of the patient; the emergence of new forms of medical activism; the rise of biocapital; and the mutations in biopower. He concludes that these developments have profound consequences for who we think we are, and who we want to be.
This Book was ranked at 37 by Google Books for keyword beyond therapy biotechnology and the pursuit of happiness.
Book ID of The Politics of Life Itself's Books is UCKzp3p7Eq4C, Book which was written byNikolas Rosehave ETAG "lNiWF/YHQPE"
Book which was published by Princeton University Press since 2009-02-09 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9781400827503 and ISBN 10 Code is 1400827507
Reading Mode in Text Status is true and Reading Mode in Image Status is true
Book which have "368 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategorySocial Science
This Book was rated by Raters and have average rate at ""
This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is NOT_MATURE
Book was written in en
eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is true and in ePub is true
Book Preview
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar