Designing human practices : an experiment with synthetic biology / Paul Rabinow and Gaymon Bennett.

Author/creator Rabinow, Paul
Other author Bennett, Gaymon, 1972-
Format Book
PublicationChicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2012]
Descriptionviii, 203 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents A productive experiment -- Human practices: diagnosis. The setting. SynBERC: the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center ; Principles of design, 2006-2007: from bioethics to human practices ; Interfacing the human and biosciences 2007: three modes ; Synthetic biology 2008: from manifestos to ramifying research programs ; Lessons learned 2009: from discordancy to indeterminacy -- Human practices: inquiry. Recapitulation and reorientation 2009: the first wave of human practices ; The second wave of synthetic biology 2009: from parts to ontological domains ; A mode 3 experiment: figuring dual-use -- from safety to malice ; Toward the second wave of human practices 2010: figures of dual-use, biopower, and reconstruction ; Lessons learned 2010: from indeterminacy to discordancy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-199) and index.
LCCN 2011040160
ISBN9780226703138 (cloth : alkaline paper)
ISBN0226703134 (cloth : alkaline paper)
ISBN9780226703145 (paperback : alkaline paper)
ISBN0226703142 (paperback : alkaline paper)
Standard identifier# 7312414

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks TA164 .R33 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold