Cyborgs & Citadels

Anthropological Interventions in Emerging Sciences and Technologies

Gary Lee Downey (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

328 Seiten

1998
School of American Research Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-933452-97-8 (ISBN)

Infos

From a week-long seminar in October 1993 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 11 essays explore such questions as the Citadel problem of how science gains authority to direct truth practices; the boundaries between humans and machines; and the Cyborg problem of how science, technology, and medicine contribute

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Some of the country's most influential thinkers use anthropological methods and theories to examine the practices and practitioners of contemporary science, technology, and medicine in the United States. The authors explore such questions as how science gains authority to direct truth practices, the boundaries between humans and machines, and how science, technology, and medicine contribute to the fashioning of selves.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.1998
• Reihe/Serie: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
• Verlagsort: Santa Fe
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 154 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 535 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-933452-97-7 / 0933452977
• ISBN-13: 978-0-933452-97-8 / 9780933452978
• Zustand: Neuware