Screen LibraryCan science make sense of life? /
"Nearly 70 years after the dawn of the genetic age, biotechnology, scientists proclaim, is poised to rewrite the book of life. Yet, how far can science go in making sense of what "life" means to human beings and societies? This book looks at flash points in law, politics, ethics, and...
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Polity Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
New human frontiers series
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| Summary: |
"Nearly 70 years after the dawn of the genetic age, biotechnology, scientists proclaim, is poised to rewrite the book of life. Yet, how far can science go in making sense of what "life" means to human beings and societies? This book looks at flash points in law, politics, ethics, and culture to argue that the claims of rewriting life are overblown"-- |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 208 pages : illustration ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781509522712 1509522719 9781509522705 1509522700 |
| Index Number: | Q175 |
| CLC: | N02 |
| Call Number: | N02/J391 |
| Contents: | A new lens on life -- Book of revelations -- Life and law : constitutional turns -- Life in the gray zone -- Language games -- A new biopower -- Life's purposes. |