Tactical Biopolitics
Art, Activism, and Technoscience
- Paperback
536 pages
- Release Date
13 August 2010
Summary
Scientists, scholars, and artists consider the political significance of recent advances in the biological sciences.Popular culture in this “biological century” seems to feed on proliferating fears, anxieties, and hopes around the life sciences at a time when such basic concepts as scientific truth, race and gender identity, and the human itself are destabilized in the public eye. Tactical Biopolitics suggests that the political challenges at the intersection of life, science, and art are bes…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262514910 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262514915 |
| Author: | Beatriz da Costa, Kavita Philip, Joseph Dumit, Richard C. Lewontin, Richard Levins, Abha Sur, Jacqueline Stevens, Rachel Mayeri |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 536 |
| Release Date: | 13 August 2010 |
| Weight: | 839g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Leonardo |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Tactical Biopolitics is a snapshot of the state-of-the-art at one of the farthestfrontiers of interdisciplinary exploration.” Cheryl A. Kerfeld PLoSBiology
Scholars who concentrate on the nonscientific aspects of bioscience and biotechnology are often identified with ethical and legal scholarship focused on narrow range of issues. It is therefore refreshing to find in Tactical Biopolitics a diverse collection of essays that extend the horizon of inquiry into the meanings and impacts of bioscience and biotechnology.
—David Castle, The Quarterly Review of BiologyTactical Biopolitics is a snapshot of the state-of-the-art at one of the farthest frontiers of interdisciplinary exploration.
—Cheryl A. Kerfeld, PLoS BiologyAbout The Author
Beatriz da Costa
Beatriz da Costa does interventionist art using computing and biotechnologies. She is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Irvine.Kavita Philip studies colonialism, neoliberalism, and technoscience using history and critical theory. She is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Irvine.Beatriz da Costa does interventionist art using computing and biotechnologies. She is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Irvine.Kavita Philip studies colonialism, neoliberalism, and technoscience using history and critical theory. She is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Irvine.Kavita Philip studies colonialism, neoliberalism, and technoscience using history and critical theory. She is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Irvine.Eugene Thacker is Assistant Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology.Beatriz da Costa does interventionist art using computing and biotechnologies. She is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Irvine.Paul Rabinow is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley. His most recent books include Michel Foucault- Beyond Structuralism and Hermeneutics (with Hubert Dreyfus) and The Foucault Reader.
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