Nature, Culture, and Society

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-107-08584-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 496 g

Life is currently one of the most active zones of politics and economic production, as biological material is increasingly the subject of engineering, banking, reproduction, and exchange. These developments represent some of the most challenging issues facing humanity in the twenty-first century and call for new forms of engagement - and new anthropologies of life. Reflecting upon the changing human condition, Palsson addresses various conflated zones of life at particular times and scales, from the genome to the human body and the global environment. Using a 'biosocial' perspective, he argues, will help us to capture the hybrid nature of life, enhancing our sensitivity to differences and similarities in hierarchies, the reproduction of bio-objects and the exchange between humans, other species, and the environment. Engaging with topical issues on the public agenda, from personal genomics to human-animal relations to the global environment, the book sets out a compelling case for meaningful change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Palsson, Gisli

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Physische Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; Part I. Selves: 2. Spitting image: decode me!; 3. Labouring lives: genomic stuff; 4. What's in a genome? Indigenous encounters; 5. Name talk: technologies of belonging; Part II. Bodies: 6. Human variation: shifting perspectives; 7. Nim Chimpsky et al.: human-animal relations; 8. Lucy in the sky: celestial bodies; Part III. Biospheres: 9. Enskilment at sea: situated knowledge; 10. Environmental relations: political economies; 11. Modernity and beyond: the grand aquarium; 12. Housekeeping: oikos and the anthropocene; 13. Afterword.

Über Autor(innen)

Palsson, Gisli
Gisli Palsson is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iceland and Visiting Professor at King's College London. He has conducted fieldwork in Iceland, Cape Verde, the Canadian Arctic and the Virgin Islands. Palsson has written extensively on topics relating to social, cultural and biological anthropology, including the new genetics, environmental politics and the politics of language.