Thomas Lemke

Perspectives on Genetic Discrimination

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book to critically evaluate the empirical evidence and the theoretical usefulness of the concept of "genetic discrimination." It discusses the advantages and limitations of adopting the concept, and offers a more complex account distinguishing between several dimensions and forms of genetic discrimination.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780415878586
• ISBN-10: 0415878586
• Artikelnr.: 36648214

Autorenporträt

Thomas Lemke is Heisenberg Professor of Sociology with focus on Biotechnologies, Nature and Society at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main in Germany. His research interests include social and political theory, biopolitics, social studies of genetic and reproductive technologies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Disease as Error? Foundations and Limits of Molecular
Medicine 2. Genetic Discrimination: Empirical Evidence and Regulatory
Responses 3. Empirical Deficits and Normative Contradictions: Problems in
the Analysis of Genetic Discrimination 4. "A Slap in the Face": An
Exploratory Study of Genetic Discrimination in Germany 5. The Regime of
Truth and Dimensions of Genetic Responsibility 6. Conclusion: Pitfalls of
Criticism