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" Biopolitics and utopia : "
edited by Patricia Stapleton and Andrew Byers.
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BL
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729261
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b549015
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edited by Patricia Stapleton and Andrew Byers.
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Biopolitics and utopia : : an interdisciplinary reader\ edited by Patricia Stapleton and Andrew Byers.
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New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
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Palgrave series in bioethics and public policy.
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1137514752
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: 1349703184
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: 9781137514752
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: 9781349703180
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1. Introduction --;Andrew Byers and Patricia Stapleton, 'Biopolitics and Utopia' --;Section I: Actions --;2. Andrew Byers, 'American Bodies in a Time of War: The Militarized Body as a Utopian Space and Biopolitical Project for the State' --;3. Patricia Stapleton, 'The Inauspicious Regulatory Beginnings of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis' --;4. Arpita Das, ''Abnormals' or 'Exceptions': The Use of Technologies for Intersex People and People with Disabilities' --;Section II: Speculations --;5. Evie Kendal, 'Utopian Visions of 'Making People': Science Fiction and Debates on Cloning, Ectogenesis, Genetic Engineering, and Genetic Discrimination' --;6. Selena Middleton, 'Decolonizing the Future: Biopolitics, Ethics, and Foresight through the Lens of Science Fiction' --;Section III: Reactions --;7. Elena Cohen, ''All Day, All Week, Occupy Wall Street!': Space, Biopower, and Resistance' --;8. Rasmus Simonsen, 'Eating for the Future: Veganism and the Challenge of In vitro Meat' --;Section IV: Reflections --;8. Cameron Barrows, 'Utopia and Biopolitics: The Need for an Ethics in Biotechnology'.
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This interdisciplinary reader offers a fascinating exploration of the intersection of biopolitics and utopia by employing a range of theoretical approaches. Each essay provides a unique application of the two concepts to topics spanning the social sciences and humanities.
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Biopolitics.
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Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Utopias.
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JA80.E358 2015
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Andrew Byers
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Patricia Stapleton
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