Rose The Politics of Life Itself

Biomedicine, Power, and Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2750-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten

Reihe: In-Formation

Nikolas Rose is James Martin White Professor of Sociology and Director of the BIOS Centre for the Study of Bioscience, Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Society at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His books include The Psychological Complex, Governing the Soul, Inventing Our Selves, and Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rose, Nikolas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

List of Acronyms xi

Introduction 1

Chapter 1: Biopolitics in the Twenty-First Century 9

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

Chapter 7: Neurochemical Selves 187

Chapter 8: The Biology of Control 224

Afterword Somatic Ethics and the Spirit of Biocapital 252

Notes 261

Bibliography 305

Index 341

Über Autor(innen)

Nikolas Rose is James Martin White Professor of Sociology and Director of the BIOS Centre for the Study of Bioscience, Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Society at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His books include The Psychological Complex, Governing the Soul, Inventing Our Selves, and Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought.