Nanotechnologies and the Commodification of Human Life
Diego R. S. Calazans
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Nanotechnologies and the Commodification of Human Life

Technosciences, Eugenics and Biopolitics

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This study analyzes the relationship between the achievements in the field of nanotechnologies and the process of commodification of human life. We call the commercialization of the fundamental constituents of the human body, i.e. genes, hormones, organs, tissues and body fluids, the "commodification of human life". This process is historically associated with the implementation of eugenic measures by national states from the end of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century and the emergence of market eugenics, with the reduction of the role of national states in macroeconomic decisio...