The Politics of Life Itself: Biomedicine, Power, and Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century

by Nikolas Rose

Book Overview

For centuries, medicine aimed to treat abnormalities. But today normality itself is open to medical modification. Equipped with a new molecular understanding of bodies and minds, and new techniques for manipulating basic life processes at the level of molecules, cells, and genes, medicine now seeks to manage human vital processes. The Politics of Life Itself offers a much-needed examination of recent developments in the life sciences and biomedicine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691121907
• ISBN13: 9780691121901
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"