Human Genes and Neoliberal Governance: A Foucauldian Critique

By: Antoinette Rouvroy

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Synopsis: Original and interdisciplinary, this is the first book to explore the relationship between a neoliberal mode of governance and the so-called genetic revolution. Looking at the knowledge-power relations in the post-genomic era and addressing the pressing issues of genetic privacy and discrimination in the context of neoliberal governance, this book demonstrates and explains the mechanisms of mutual production between biotechnology and cultural, political, economic and legal frameworks. In the first part Antoinette Rouvroy explores the social, political and economic conditions and consequences of this new ‘perceptual regime’. In the second she pursues her analysis through a consideration of the impact of ‘geneticization’ on political support of the welfare state and on the operation of private health and life insurances. Genetics and neoliberalism, she argues, are complicit in fostering the belief that social and economic patterns have a fixed nature beyond the reach of democratic deliberation, whilst the characteristics of individuals are unusually plastic, and within the scope of individual choice and responsibility. This book will be of interest to all students of law, sociology and politics.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781134066674
Related ISBNs:: 9780203939390, 9780415574471, 9780415574471, 9780415444330, 9780415444330
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 04/01/20
Copyrighted By:: Antoinette Rouvroy
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
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Categories:: Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
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