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Biopolitics : a feminist and ecological reader on biotechnology / edited by Vandana Shiva & Ingunn Moser.

Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Zed Books, 1995.Description: x, 294 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1856493369 (pbk.)
  • 9781856493369 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.046 SHI
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Contents:
1. Mobilising critical communities and discourses on modern biotechnology; 2. Human nature; 3. Genes as causes ; 4. Fractured images of science, language and power; 5. Otherworldly conversations; 6. The limits of experimental knowledge; 7. Error-friendliness and the evolutionary impact of deliberate releases of GMOs; 8. The greening of biotechnology; 9. Biosemiotics and ethics; 10. A 'genethics' that makes sense; 11. Antagonistic ethics discourses for biotechnology regulation; 12. Biotechnology, development and conservation of biodiversity; 13. Biotechnology, patents and the Third World; 14. Biotechnology and the future of agriculture; 15. The seven dimensions of sustainable agriculture; 16. Beyond Reductionism.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-288) and index.

1. Mobilising critical communities and discourses on modern biotechnology;
2. Human nature;
3. Genes as causes ;
4. Fractured images of science, language and power;
5. Otherworldly conversations;
6. The limits of experimental knowledge;
7. Error-friendliness and the evolutionary impact of deliberate releases of GMOs;
8. The greening of biotechnology;
9. Biosemiotics and ethics;
10. A 'genethics' that makes sense;
11. Antagonistic ethics discourses for biotechnology regulation;
12. Biotechnology, development and conservation of biodiversity;
13. Biotechnology, patents and the Third World;
14. Biotechnology and the future of agriculture;
15. The seven dimensions of sustainable agriculture;
16. Beyond Reductionism.