The age of immunology : conceiving a future in an alienating world /

In this fascinating and inventive work, A. David Napier argues that the central assumption of immunology--that we survive through the recognition and elimination of non-self--has become a defining concept of the modern age. Tracing this immunological understanding of self and other through an incred...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Napier, A. David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Temas:
Ethnology > Philosophy.
Intercultural communication.
Self.
Change.
Immunology.
Ethnology.
Cross-cultural studies.
Self-perception.
Ethnology
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Self Concept
Ego
Allergy and Immunology
Ethnologie > Philosophie.
Moi (Psychologie)
Changement (Philosophie)
Immunologie.
Ethnologie.
ĐEtudes transculturelles.
Perception de soi.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Self-perception
Cross-cultural studies
Change
Ethnology > Philosophy
Immunology
Intercultural communication
Self
Kulturphilosophie
Wetenschappen.
Interculturele communicatie.
Zelf.
Sociale identiteit.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In this fascinating and inventive work, A. David Napier argues that the central assumption of immunology--that we survive through the recognition and elimination of non-self--has become a defining concept of the modern age. Tracing this immunological understanding of self and other through an incredibly diverse array of venues, from medical research to legal and military strategies and the electronic revolution, Napier shows how this defensive way of looking at the world not only destroys diversity but also eliminates the possibility of truly engaging difference, thereby impoverishing our cultur.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiii, 319 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-313) and index.
ISBN:9780226568140
0226568148

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