Genetic Nature/Culture: Anthropology and Science Beyond the Two-Culture Divide
- ISBN-10
- 0520237935
- ISBN-13
- 9780520237933
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 311
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-11-06
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Authors
- Alan H. Goodman, M. Susan Lindee, Deborah Heath
Description
Individual essays address issues raised by the science, politics, and history of race, evolution, and identity; genetically modified organisms and genetic diseases; gene work and ethics; and the boundary between humans and animals. The result is an entree to the complicated nexus of questions prompted by the power and importance of genetics and genetic thinking, and the dynamic connections linking culture, biology, nature, and technoscience. The volume offers critical perspectives on science and culture, with contributions that span disciplinary divisions and arguments grounded in both biological perspectives and cultural analysis.
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