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By Barbara Prainsack,Silke Schicktanz,Gabriele Werner-Felmayer,Dr Prainsack Barbara,Dr Werner-Felmayer Gabriele,Prof Dr Schicktanz Silke

ISBN-10: 1138053600

ISBN-13: 9781138053601

ISBN-10: 1409455483

ISBN-13: 9781409455486

Recent debate concerning the moral and regulatory dimensions of advancements in genetics has sidelined societal and cultural facets, which arguably are essential for a nuanced figuring out of the complexities of the subject. Regulatory and moral debates make the most of taking heavily this ‘third measurement’ of tradition, which frequently determines the configurations and boundaries of the gap in which clinical, moral and criminal debate can take place.

To fill this hole, this quantity brings jointly contributions exploring the mutual relationships among genetics, markets, societies and identities in genetics and genomics. It attracts upon the new transdisciplinary debate on how socio-cultural components impression understandings of ‘genetics2.0' and exhibits how person and collective identities are challenged or strengthened through cultural meanings and practices of genetics. This ebook turns into a regular reference for everybody looking to make feel of the controversies and shifts within the box of genetics within the moment decade of the twenty-first century.

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Genetics as Social Practice: Transdisciplinary Views on Science and Culture (Theory, Technology and Society) by Barbara Prainsack,Silke Schicktanz,Gabriele Werner-Felmayer,Dr Prainsack Barbara,Dr Werner-Felmayer Gabriele,Prof Dr Schicktanz Silke


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