Cyborgs & Citadels : Anthropological Interventions in Emerging Sciences and Technologies
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0933452977
ISBN-13
9780933452978
Publisher
SAR Press
Imprint
School of American Research Press,U.S.
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 30th, 1998
Print length
328 Pages
Weight
484 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 22.80 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Anthropology
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From a week-long seminar in October 1993 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 11 essays explore such questions as the Citadel problem of how science gains authority to direct truth practices; the boundaries between humans and machines; and the Cyborg problem of how science, technology, and medicine contribute
Some of the country''s most influential thinkers use anthropological methods and theories to examine the practices and practitioners of contemporary science, technology, and medicine in the United States. The authors explore such questions as how science gains authority to direct truth practices, the boundaries between humans and machines, and how science, technology, and medicine contribute to the fashioning of selves.
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