Nik Brown

Immunitary Life

A Biopolitics of Immunity

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This book explores the growing intellectual interest in the politics of immunity. It argues that taking an 'immunitary perspective' is necessary if we are to better appreciate the body as a site of politics in the contemporary age. It explores the dynamic tensions between community and immunity, belonging and fragmentation, the social and the individual. It creates a dialogue between the social sciences, humanities and biopolitical philosophy around immunity. Immunitary Life empirically situates immunitary politics in real-world debates. This includes blood donation and evolving notions of embodied intimacy in the worlds of transplantation. I… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-137-55247-1
EAN: 9781137552471
Produktnummer: 29300500
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 2'262 KB

Über den Autor

Nik Brown is Professor in Science and Technology Studies at the Department of Sociology at the University of York, UK. He writes extensively on key debates in the politics of biomedicine and the sociology of the body.