Foucault and the Human Subject of Science

Garðar Árnason (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

X, 107 Seiten

2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-02812-1 (ISBN)

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This book offers a clear analysis of Foucault's work on scientific knowledge and its relationship to individuals and society. It suggests a way of using Foucault's tools for science criticism and resistance, while avoiding the pitfalls of vulgar relativism or irrational anti-science views. Two cases of scientific conflict are considered. The first considers left-handers as subjects of science, in particular studies which purport to show that left-handers die on average younger than right-handers. The second case considers Icelanders as subjects of science in the context of a partly failed attempt to construct a genetic database encompassing the entire nation.The book will be of interest to bioethicists and philosophers who are concerned with the interaction between science and its human subjects, as well as scholars concerned with Foucault's work on science.

Garðar Árnason, Ph.D., studied philosophy at the University of Iceland and the University of Toronto. He is currently a researcher at the Institute of Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Tübingen. His main research interests include applied ethics (human and non-human research ethics, neuroethics, bioethics), free will, and the philosophy of science.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Foucault's Archaeology of Knowledge.- Chapter 3. Power, Knowledge, and the Politics of Truth.- Chapter 4. Left-Handers as Subjects of Science.- Chapter 5. Icelanders as Subjects of Science.- Chapter 6. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.11.2018
Reihe/Serie	SpringerBriefs in Ethics
Zusatzinfo	X, 107 p. 2 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	195 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	archaeology of knowledge • Biopolitics • conceptions of left-handedness • Foucault's archaeology of knowledge • Foucault’s archaeology of knowledge • icelanders as subjects of science • Icelandic science • madness, medicine, theory • origin and development of archaelology • sciences of man • sciences of nature • scientific study of left-handers • the icelandic health sector database • the politics of thruth • totally informative population
ISBN-10	3-030-02812-7 / 3030028127
ISBN-13	978-3-030-02812-1 / 9783030028121
Zustand	Neuware