This book demonstrates how developments in biotechnology such as cloning, synthetic biology, surrogate pregnancies, organ transplants and more have significant implications for personhood, ethics, and governance. Drawing attention to the commodification of life, it shows how the biological functions of life itself are shaped to economic agendas.
This book demonstrates how developments in biotechnology such as cloning, synthetic biology, surrogate pregnancies, organ transplants and more have significant implications for personhood, ethics, and governance. Drawing attention to the commodification of life, it shows how the biological functions of life itself are shaped to economic agendas.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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Cambridge Studies in Twenty-First-Century Literature and Culture
Sherryl Vint is a professor at the University of California, Riverside, where she directs the Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Science program. She has published widely on speculative fiction and posthumanism, including Science Fiction (2021) for MIT's Essential Knowledge series, and the edited collection After the Human (2021). She is a recipient of the SFRA's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: neoliberalism and the reinvention of life 1. Suspending death, reinventing life: the immortal vessel 2. The new flesh: vital machines and reimagining the human 3. Capital reproduction: maternity and productivity 4. Surplus value: transplantation and fungible life 5. Life industries: vitality as commodity 6. Living to work: biocapital, synthetic biology, and the precaritization of labor 7. Life optimized: pharmaceutical health and disposable bodies 8. Surplus vitality and posthuman possibilities Conclusion: capitalism, biopolitics, and a new body politic.
Introduction: neoliberalism and the reinvention of life 1. Suspending death, reinventing life: the immortal vessel 2. The new flesh: vital machines and reimagining the human 3. Capital reproduction: maternity and productivity 4. Surplus value: transplantation and fungible life 5. Life industries: vitality as commodity 6. Living to work: biocapital, synthetic biology, and the precaritization of labor 7. Life optimized: pharmaceutical health and disposable bodies 8. Surplus vitality and posthuman possibilities Conclusion: capitalism, biopolitics, and a new body politic.
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