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How Genes Matter : Genetic Medicine as Subjectivisation Practices / Bernhard Wieser.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: KörperKulturenPublisher: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2017]Copyright date: 2017Description: 1 online resource (364 p.)Content type:
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  • 9783839437667
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.461 22/ger
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Subjectivisation as theoretical framework -- 3. Methodology -- Part 1: Knowing about genes -- 4. Genes in the womb -- 5. Coming into being -- Part 2: Making bioscientists accountable -- 6. New conditions for the sciences of life -- 7. ELSA as a heritage of public controversies -- 8. Public accountability of newborn screening -- 9. Ethical boundary work -- 10. Subjectivisation of bioscientists -- Part 3: Being a part of it -- 11. Science, politics, and the public -- 12. Constituting oneself as a researcher -- 13. Negotiating who ELSA researchers are -- Conclusions -- 14. Methodological challenges -- 15. Why science policy context matters -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgement
Summary: Understanding the significance of genetic factors for our lives requires an analysis that goes beyond biological aspects. It is especially necessary to take into account how human beings relate to others and to themselves. Who we are is a result of social action and the ways in which human beings constitute themselves as subjects. Seen from this perspective, genetic medicine is a social practice that shapes how we think about us, how we conduct our behaviour and how we care for our children.This book scrutinises practices by which individuals become knowledgeable about their genes and constitute them as responsible decision makers.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Subjectivisation as theoretical framework -- 3. Methodology -- Part 1: Knowing about genes -- 4. Genes in the womb -- 5. Coming into being -- Part 2: Making bioscientists accountable -- 6. New conditions for the sciences of life -- 7. ELSA as a heritage of public controversies -- 8. Public accountability of newborn screening -- 9. Ethical boundary work -- 10. Subjectivisation of bioscientists -- Part 3: Being a part of it -- 11. Science, politics, and the public -- 12. Constituting oneself as a researcher -- 13. Negotiating who ELSA researchers are -- Conclusions -- 14. Methodological challenges -- 15. Why science policy context matters -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgement

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Understanding the significance of genetic factors for our lives requires an analysis that goes beyond biological aspects. It is especially necessary to take into account how human beings relate to others and to themselves. Who we are is a result of social action and the ways in which human beings constitute themselves as subjects. Seen from this perspective, genetic medicine is a social practice that shapes how we think about us, how we conduct our behaviour and how we care for our children.This book scrutinises practices by which individuals become knowledgeable about their genes and constitute them as responsible decision makers.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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