Cultural Memory, Medicine, and the Politics of Redemption
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Köp båda 2 för 653 krThis book puts the ethics, policy and politics of stem cells into context in a way that helps readers understand why past and current issues have developed the way they have and what the implications are for their work going forward. It also addre...
A noteworthy contribution to our understanding of the cultural history of twentieth-century Germany. * German Studies Review * This astonishing portrait of changing understandings of life and death is both profound and revolutionary. While extending classical debates about body parts as gifts and as commodities, it brilliantly transfigures them. Unparalleled in its field, this powerful book redefines the future of medical anthropology. -- Sarah Franklin * Reader in Cultural Anthropology, Lancaster University *
Linda F. Hogle is a fellow at the Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics. She has written widely on the anthropology of science and on bioethics and cultural diversity.
Introduction : situating medical practices Animation and regeneration : the meaning of death and the use of body materials in history Embodying national identity : national socialism and the body Culture, technology, and the law define the body Bodies, sciences, and the state in the new Germany Organizing the procurement and use of human materials Local practice : coordinators and surgeons Converting human materials into therapeutic tools The right therapeutic tools Conclusions : medicine and the politics of redemption