Genetic Nature/Culture : Anthropology and Science beyond the Two-Culture Divide /

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The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious--or more fraught with paradox--than in the burgeoning realm of genetics. A constructive response, and a welcome intervention, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to co...

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Other Authors: Lindee, M. Susan (Editor), Heath, Deborah, 1952- (Editor), Goodman, Alan H. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ethische aspecten.
Antropologie.
Cultuur.
Genetica.
Kongress
Sozialanthropologie
Humangenetik
Gentechnologie
Anthropologie
Human population genetics.
Human genetics > Research.
Human genetics > Moral and ethical aspects.
Anthropological ethics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
anthropology.
Bioethique.
Anthropologie.
Anthropologues > Deontologie > Congres.
Genetique humaine > Aspect moral > Congres.
Genetique humaine > Recherche > Congres.
Genetique des populations humaines > Congres.
Bioethical Issues
Anthropology
Genetics, Population > trends
Bioethics.
Anthropology.
Anthropological ethics > Congresses.
Human genetics > Moral and ethical aspects > Congresses.
Human genetics > Research > Congresses.
Human population genetics > Congresses.
Actes de congres.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Congressen (vorm)
Congress
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious--or more fraught with paradox--than in the burgeoning realm of genetics. A constructive response, and a welcome intervention, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to conduct an interdisciplinary dialogue that provokes and instructs even as it bridges the science/culture divide.
Item Description:Papers presented at a Wenner-Gren Foundation international symposium, held June 11-19, 1999 in Teresopolis, Brazil.
Physical Description:1 online resource (328 pages).
ISBN:9780520929975

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