Transformed states : medicine, biotechnology, and American culture, 1990-2020 /

"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 biotechno...

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Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Halliwell, Martin (Awdur)
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2025]
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18654624
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • List of illustrations
  • Preface
  • Part one. Genetic states
  • Genomics, Diversity, and the Millennial Imagination
  • Embryonic Entanglements : Fetal Design and Life Cultures
  • Part two. Conscious states
  • Health in the Neuronal Workspace : Rethinking Consciousness and Intelligence
  • Augmented Lives : Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in a Time of Conflict
  • Part three. Dynamic states
  • Keeping On : Productive Aging and the Quest for Life Extension
  • Travelling Through : Trans Identities and Biotech Potentiality
  • Part four. Perilous states
  • Pandemic Culture : Immunization Politics and the Covid-19 Acceleration
  • Invisible Toxicities : Environmental Health and the Limits of Biotechnology
  • Conclusion: Mental Health and Biotechnology Beyond
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • Index.