Transformed States offers a timely history of the politics, ethics, medical applications and cultural representations of the biotechnological revolution, from the Human Genome Project to the Covid-19 pandemic. In exploring the entanglements of mental and physical health in an age of biotechnology, it views the post-Cold War 1990s as the horizon for understanding the intersection of technoscience and culture in the early twenty-first century.
Transformed States offers a timely history of the politics, ethics, medical applications and cultural representations of the biotechnological revolution, from the Human Genome Project to the Covid-19 pandemic. In exploring the entanglements of mental and physical health in an age of biotechnology, it views the post-Cold War 1990s as the horizon for understanding the intersection of technoscience and culture in the early twenty-first century.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
MARTIN HALLIWELL is professor of American thought and culture at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. He is the author and editor of fifteen books, including Therapeutic Revolutions: Medicine, Psychiatry, and American Culture, 1945–1970 and Voices of Mental Health: Medicine, Politics, and American Culture, 1970–2000 (both from Rutgers University Press).
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Introduction: Health Politics, Bioethics, and the Possibilities of Biotechnology Part 1: Genetic States Chapter 1: Genomics, Diversity, and the Millennial Imagination Chapter 2: Embryonic Entanglements: Fetal Design and Life Cultures Part 2: Conscious States Chapter 3: Health in the Neuronal Workspace: Rethinking Consciousness and Intelligence Chapter 4: Augmented Lives: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in a Time of Conflict Part 3: Dynamic States Chapter 5: Keeping On: Productive Aging and the Quest for Life Extension Chapter 6: Traveling Through: Trans Identities and Biotech Potentiality Part 4: Perilous States Chapter 7: Pandemic Culture: Immunization Politics and the COVID-19 Acceleration Chapter 8: Invisible Toxicities: Environmental Health and the Limits of Biotechnology Conclusion: Mental Health and Biotechnology beyond 2030 Acknowledgments Index
Preface Introduction: Health Politics, Bioethics, and the Possibilities of Biotechnology Part 1: Genetic States Chapter 1: Genomics, Diversity, and the Millennial Imagination Chapter 2: Embryonic Entanglements: Fetal Design and Life Cultures Part 2: Conscious States Chapter 3: Health in the Neuronal Workspace: Rethinking Consciousness and Intelligence Chapter 4: Augmented Lives: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in a Time of Conflict Part 3: Dynamic States Chapter 5: Keeping On: Productive Aging and the Quest for Life Extension Chapter 6: Traveling Through: Trans Identities and Biotech Potentiality Part 4: Perilous States Chapter 7: Pandemic Culture: Immunization Politics and the COVID-19 Acceleration Chapter 8: Invisible Toxicities: Environmental Health and the Limits of Biotechnology Conclusion: Mental Health and Biotechnology beyond 2030 Acknowledgments Index
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