Knowledge politics / Nico Stehr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stehr, Nico.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Sociology of.

Physical Description:

ix, 242 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, [2005]

Summary:

This book argues that new technologies and society's response to them have created a relatively new phenomenon, 'knowledge politics'. Nico Stehr describes Western society's response to a host of new technologies developed only since the 1970s, including genetic experiments, test-tube human conception, recombinant DNA and embryonic stem cells; genetically engineered foods, neurogenetics and genetic engineering, and reproductive cloning and the reconstruction of the human ancestral genome. He looks also at the prospective fusion of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, transgenic human engineering and cognitive science whose products may, as its boosters claim, some day cure disease, slow the aging process, eliminate pollution and generally enhance human performance.

Contents:

Knowledge about knowledge

The governance of knowledge

Rules, regulations, and restrictions

The moralization of the market

Globalization and knowledge politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-236) and indexes.

ISBN:

1594510865

OCLC:

57893746