The Politics of Life Itself: Biomedicine, Power, and Subjectivity in the Twenty-First CenturyFor 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. |
Contents
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Chapter 2 Politics and Life | 41 |
Chapter 3 An Emergent Form of Life? | 77 |
Chapter 4 At Genetic Risk | 106 |
Chapter 5 Biological Citizens | 131 |
Chapter 6 Race in the Age of Genomic Medicine | 155 |
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