"While other books have addressed isolated aspects of recent
developments in the biomedical sciences, Biotechnology: Between
Commerce and Civil Society is the first book tgo engage with the
full range of biotechnology's implications for social science and
for society at large." -Professor Volker Meja New scientific
knowledge is no longer merely the key to unlocking the secrets of
nature and society. It now represents the "becoming" of a new
world. Scientific developments affect the ways in which we conduct
our affairs, as well as how we comprehend the changes underway as
the result of novel technical artefacts and scientific knowledge.
The practical fruits of biotechnology are a case in point; they
have grasped our imaginations, and generated worldwide debate and
concern. Debates on biotechnology shift between images of utopia
and dystopia. The social sciences deserve a voice in the debate,
and can do so through sober examination of the economic, social,
and cultural implications of biotechnology. Some economists even
predict that the importance of biotechnology as the technology of
the future will far exceed that of the information technologies, in
particular the Internet. The contributors to this volume are drawn
from a broad spectrum of the social sciences, and include Nico
Stehr, Gene Rosa, Steve Fuller, Steve Best and Douglas Kellner,
Nikolas Rose, Fred Buttel, Javier Lezaun, Anne Kerr, Susanna Hornig
Priest and Toby Ten Eyck, Martin Schulte, Alexander Somek, Steven
P. Vallas, Daniel Lee Kleinman, Abby Kinchy and Raul Necochea,
Herbert Gottweis, J. Rogers Hollingsworth, Gysli Pblsson, Elizabeth
Ettore, Richard Hindmarch and Reiner Grundmann. The impact of
science on society is destined to be a fundamental concern in the
new century. This volume illustrates the contributions
anthropology, law, political science, and sociology can make to the
ongoing discussions about the role of biotechnology in modern
societies. Nico Stehr is senior research associate, Institut for
Technikfolgenabschotzung, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe and Institut
for Kostenforschung, GKSS, Germany. He also is a fellow in the
Center for Advanced Cultural Studies in Essen, Germany, editor of
the Canadian Journal of Sociology, and a fellow of the Royal
Society of Canada. Among his recent books are Werner Sombart:
Economic Life in the Modern Age (with Reiner Grundmann, published
by Transaction); The Fragility of Modern Societies: Knowledge and
Risk in the Information Age; Knowledge and Economic Conduct: The
Social Foundations of the Modern Economy; and Wissenspolitik: Die
?berwachung des Wissens.
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